freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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The current government has classified more than 800 Bangladeshi protesters killed last year as martyrs – which now allows their families to receive lifetime benefits, just like those of freedom fighters.
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Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 May 2025
Washington saw Mandela not as a freedom fighter, but as a dangerous radical whose African National Congress (ANC) had links to Moscow.
—Time, 22 May 2025
Speaking on ground where the Indonesian military had buried Timorese freedom fighters, Francis warned against the intrusion of Western liberal values that encourage materialism and selfishness.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2025
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Simon Montlake, Christian Science Monitor, 16 May 2025
Gilroy drew upon his lifelong study of historical revolutions to inform the show’s interweaving storylines of payroll heists and gulag escapes, street riots and false flag operations, squabbling freedom fighters and pitiless secret police.
—Adam B. Vary, Variety, 13 May 2025
Washington saw Mandela not as a freedom fighter, but as a dangerous radical whose African National Congress (ANC) had links to Moscow.
—Time, 22 May 2025
Speaking on ground where the Indonesian military had buried Timorese freedom fighters, Francis warned against the intrusion of Western liberal values that encourage materialism and selfishness.
—Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Freedom fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20fighter. Accessed 4 Jul. 2025.
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