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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A person engaged in armed rebellion or resistance against an oppressive government or foe.
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- noun A person involved in
armed conflict against anoccupation , oroppressive government , etc.; arevolutionary , aninsurgent , arebel orinsurrectionist .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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“The F-5A and F-5B Freedom Fighter and F-5E and F-5F Tiger II are part of a family of widely used light supersonic fighter aircraft, designed and built by Northrop in the United States, beginning in 1960s.�? More on Wikipedia.
December 30, 2008