Both Uses of
insurgent
in
Moby Dick
- Fearing in his heart lest this might prove but too true, the captain a little desisted, but still commanded the insurgents instantly to return to their duty.†
Chpt 52-54 *insurgents = members of an irregular armed force that fight a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
- All night a wide-awake watch was kept by all the officers, forward and aft, especially about the forecastle scuttle and fore hatchway; at which last place it was feared the insurgents might emerge, after breaking through the bulkhead below.†
Chpt 52-54
Definitions:
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(1)
(insurgent) a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus:
More rarely, Insurgent is used as an adjective to indicate rebelliousness.