a person fighting against the government or armed forces of their own country 起义者；叛乱者；造反者synonym rebel- an attack by armed insurgents武装叛乱士兵发起的攻击。
Topics War and conflictc2Word Originmid 18th cent.: via French from Latin insurgent- ‘arising’, from the verb insurgere, from in- ‘into, towards’ + surgere ‘to rise’.