| 单词 | freedom fighter |
| 释义 | > as lemmasfreedom fighter freedom fighter n. a person who fights for freedom or liberation; a person who takes part in a resistance movement against the established political system of a country; also in extended use. ΘΚΠ society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > political disaffection > [noun] > politically disaffected person malcontent1575 malignant1597 Frondeur1847 freedom fighter1910 dissident1940 1910 E. P. Tenney Looking Forward into Past v. 47 His brother was a Kansas freedom-fighter, and denizen of the great plains. 1941 Mansfield (Ohio) News-Jrnl. 30 Dec. 2/5 Two German divisions imperilled by Yugoslav ‘freedom fighters’ well equipped with heavy and light and [sic] machine-guns. 1951 Times 11 Aug. 5/4 Mr. Ben-Gurion..has refused to work either with the Communists or..with Cherut, the successors of the ‘Freedom Fighters’ of Irgun Zvai Leumi. 1962 Listener 20 Dec. 1042/2 The Information Minister [in Jakarta] had urged the press to support the freedom fighters in northern Borneo. 1969 Daily Nation (Nairobi) 31 Oct. 16/1 Freedom fighters ring Portuguese territories and Rhodesia with the support of African governments, if not always full acknowledgement. 2002 C. Swanton Virtue Ethics ix. 202 Nelson Mandela may have found it harder to eschew the duties of a freedom fighter than to impose sacrifices on his family. < as lemmas |
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