freedom fighter

English

Noun

freedom fighter (plural freedom fighters)

1. A person involved in armed conflict against an occupation, or oppressive government, etc.; a revolutionary, an insurgent, a rebel or insurrectionist.

Usage notes

The same person can be called a terrorist, especially by the oppressor. At the same time, a terrorist by all means can be called freedom fighter in propaganda depending on one's ideologies (e.g. the Contra rebels that fought against the Marxist Sandinista leadership in Nicaragua were labeled freedom fighters by United States president Ronald Reagan). All in all, the term is generally very subjective and implies heavy bias towards the person or entity referred to.

Hypernyms

• fighter

Derived terms

• one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter

 

Translations

fighter

• Albanian: luftëtar i Lirisë
• Arabic: محارب للحرية (muharib lihuriya)
• Armenian: ազատամարտիկ (hy) (azatamartik)
• Bengali: মুক্তিযোদ্ধা (bn) (muktijōddha)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 自由戰士／自由战士 (zìyóu zhànshì), 自由鬥士／自由斗士 (zìyóu dòushì)

• Czech: bojovník za svobodu m
• Danish: frihedskæmper (da) c
• Dutch: vrijheidsstrijder (nl) m
• Esperanto: liberecbatalanto
• Estonian: vabadusvõitleja f
• Finnish: vapaustaistelija (fi)
• French: combattant de la liberté m, combattante de la liberté f, combattant pour la liberté m
• Georgian: თავისუფლების მებრძოლი (tavisuplebis mebrʒoli)
• German: Freiheitskämpfer (de) m, Freiheitskämpferin (de) f
• Hungarian: szabadságharcos (hu)
• Italian: combattente per la libertà
• Japanese: 自由戦士 (jiyū senshi)
• Korean: 자유의 전사 (jayuui jeonsa)
• Latvian: Brīvības cīnītājs
• Lithuanian: Laisvės kovotojas
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: frihetskjemper m

• Polish: bojownik o wolność m
• Portuguese: combatente da liberdade m or f
• Romanian: luptător pentru libertate m
• Russian: боре́ц за свобо́ду m (boréc za svobódu)
• Serbo-Croatian: please add this translation if you can
• Slovak: bojovník za slobodu
• Spanish: luchador por la libertad m
• Swedish: frihetskämpe (sv) c
• Turkish: özgürlük savaşçısı
• Ukrainian: боре́ць за свобо́ду m (borécʹ za svobódu)

Further reading

• freedom fighter on Wikipedia.Wikipedia