revoltern.
/rᵻˈvəʊltə/, U.S. /rəˈvoʊltər/, /riˈvoʊltər/ A person who revolts or has revolted; an apostate; an insurgent; a rebel.
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > [noun] > one who rebels
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society > authority > lack of subjection > rebelliousness > insurrection > [noun] > insurgent
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1576 A. Golding tr. Lyfe Shatilion sig. C iiiv He determined too go intoo his Camp as a reuolter [L. perfuga].
1590 J. Penry Humble Motion Priuie Counsell 58 When the preaching is the right waye to make true Christians, many revolters may bee prevented.
a1641 R. Montagu Acts & Monuments (1642) 469 The revolters with Jeroboam from the house of David.
1682 J. Norris tr. Hierocles Golden Verses 31 Reclaiming the revolters from Vertue by the laws of his justice.
1749 T. Smollett Regicide ii. viii. 27 There is no Fame—no Glory to be won From a Revolter's Brow.
1796 J. G. Stedman Narr. Exped. Surinam I. 76 These new revolters were now distinguished by the name of the Cottica Rebels.
1849 G. Grote Hist. Greece V. ii. xlv. 432 Their fleet, by invitation of the revolters, sailed up the Nile.
1898 Spectator 23 July 106 The Protestant revolters from the Unionist party failed..to materialise.
1937 Life 10 May 62/3 Some dissenting fishermen refuse to join Miro's revolters.
1963 G. Tucker Dawn like Thunder xxii. 390 If Eaton would issue a rice ration the revolters would be pacified.
2009 Washington Times (Nexis) 1 Feb. b2 The revolters must guard against the ‘cure’ becoming worse than the disease.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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