/in serr"jeuhnt/ , n.
1. a person who rises in forcible opposition to lawful authority, esp. a person who engages in armed resistance to a government or to the execution of its laws; rebel.
2. a member of a section of a political party that revolts against the methods or policies of the party.
adj.
3. of or characteristic of an insurgent or insurgents.
4. surging or rushing in: The insurgent waves battered the shore.
[ 1755-65; insurgent- (s. of insurgens ) prp. of insurgere to get up, ascend, rebel. See IN- 2 , SURGE, -ENT ]
Syn. 3. rebellious, revolutionary, mutinous.