freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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Hanukkah marks the victory of the Maccabees, Jewish freedom fighters, over the Seleucidian Greek occupiers, Chabad.org says.
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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
Harris regularly visited India as a child and spent time with her grandfather, P. V. Gopalan, a freedom fighter in India.
—Yash Roy, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the parties involved with this, the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, is outlawed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and others, but is seen by some Kurds as freedom fighters.
—Aziz Akyavas, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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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
Harris regularly visited India as a child and spent time with her grandfather, P. V. Gopalan, a freedom fighter in India.
—Yash Roy, The Hill, 4 Nov. 2024
One of the parties involved with this, the Kurdistan Workers Party, or PKK, is outlawed as a terrorist group by Turkey, the U.S. and others, but is seen by some Kurds as freedom fighters.
—Aziz Akyavas, NBC News, 23 Oct. 2024
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