freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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In 1909, several years after Korea is forced into becoming a Japanese colony, freedom fighters plot the daring assassination of Japan’s prime minister during their quest for independence.
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, an unlikely inmate was sent by Dutch colonial authorities to the infamous Robben Island, where freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela would later be imprisoned.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
Hanukkah marks the victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers, Chabad.org says.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
The South African politician and freedom fighter, who died in 2013, was imprisoned for 27 years during the apartheid era and the campaign for his release was one of the biggest in history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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Jill Goldsmith, Deadline, 27 Dec. 2024
In the late eighteenth century, an unlikely inmate was sent by Dutch colonial authorities to the infamous Robben Island, where freedom fighters including Nelson Mandela would later be imprisoned.
—H.m.a. Leow, JSTOR Daily, 7 Dec. 2024
Hanukkah marks the victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers, Chabad.org says.
—Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 24 Dec. 2024
The South African politician and freedom fighter, who died in 2013, was imprisoned for 27 years during the apartheid era and the campaign for his release was one of the biggest in history.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 19 Dec. 2024
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