insurrectionary
adjective
of, relating to, or of the nature of insurrection.
insurrectionaries
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pluralof insurrectionary.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Indeed, pardons of that kind have been issued by the tens of thousands to former rebels, insurrectionaries, draft dodgers, or deserters after nearly every American domestic or foreign conflict.
From Slate ● Dec. 6, 2024
And since insurrectionaries don’t easily give up the power they have acquired, his opponents needed a plan to remove him.
From The Guardian ● Sep. 17, 2016
It was not aimed at the King, on the contrary the insurrectionaries professed the greatest loyalty.
From Charles Philip Yorke, Fourth Earl of Hardwicke, Vice-Admiral R.N. — a Memoir by Lady Biddulph of Ledbury
