freedom fighter

freedom fighter

n. A person engaged in armed rebellion or resistance against an oppressive government or foe.

freedom fighter

n (Government, Politics & Diplomacy) a militant revolutionary

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freedom fighter - a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)insurgent, insurrectionist, rebelmutineer - someone who is openly rebellious and refuses to obey authorities (especially seamen or soldiers)crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, social reformer - a disputant who advocates reformrevolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter - a radical supporter of political or social revolutionYoung Turk - a member of one or more of the insurgent groups in Turkey in the late 19th century who rebelled against the absolutism of Ottoman rule

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