freedom fighter

noun

1. a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.

freedom fighter

noun

1. a militant revolutionary

Word History and Origins

Origin of freedom fighter¹

First recorded in 1940–45

Example Sentences

But the teamwork of the performers honors the messy yet undeniably effective cooperation of Alice and her freedom fighters — women who changed the world by not staying silent in their prescribed place.

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As a lifelong pacifist, Senesh was hardly an obvious choice as a freedom fighter.

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Michelle McIlveen, the party's deputy leader, said Mr Sands was "not a freedom fighter", but a "member of a brutal terrorist organisation".

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The Galactic Emperor’s top henchman and the freedom fighter Luke Skywalker were related?

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Where Season 1 shows how freedom fighters are made, not born, these new episodes depict how revolutions catch fire.

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