freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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The film features hidden gold, an unexploded bomb, and stealthy freedom fighters, all located in and around a haunted institution.
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Her maternal grandfather was formerly a government civil servant and freedom fighter in India.
—Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
The Russians will label the attacks of these operatives as acts of terrorism while people in the West will applaud them as the deeds of freedom fighters.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
In contrast to the movement’s ragtag AK47-totting freedom fighters, the moderate and urbane Ramos-Horta championed the Timor-Leste cause in foreign capitals and especially at the U.N.
—Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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Wilson Chapman, IndieWire, 17 Sep. 2024
Her maternal grandfather was formerly a government civil servant and freedom fighter in India.
—Anika Arora Seth, Washington Post, 28 July 2024
The Russians will label the attacks of these operatives as acts of terrorism while people in the West will applaud them as the deeds of freedom fighters.
—Douglas London, Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2022
In contrast to the movement’s ragtag AK47-totting freedom fighters, the moderate and urbane Ramos-Horta championed the Timor-Leste cause in foreign capitals and especially at the U.N.
—Charlie Campbell / Dili, Timor-Leste, TIME, 4 Sep. 2024
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“Freedom fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20fighter. Accessed 14 Nov. 2024.
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