freedom fighter
noun
: a person who takes part in a resistance movement against an oppressive political or social establishment
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The bickering survivors of the Canterbury, led by reluctant captain Jim Holden (Steven Strait), become an unlikely band of freedom fighters/kingmakers after commandeering a Martian warship and rebranding it as the Rocinante (named after Don Quixote's horse).
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Marcelo is not politically active or a freedom fighter.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2025
The Secret Agent is a film about someone who is not trying to overthrow the government, is not a freedom fighter, is just a man who's trying to stick with his values when everything around him says the opposite.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Facing recapture, several freedom fighters committed ritual suicide at the Ram Head in April 1734.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
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Richard Edwards, Space.com, 14 Dec. 2025
Marcelo is not politically active or a freedom fighter.
—Robert Lang, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2025
The Secret Agent is a film about someone who is not trying to overthrow the government, is not a freedom fighter, is just a man who's trying to stick with his values when everything around him says the opposite.
—H. Alan Scott, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Dec. 2025
Facing recapture, several freedom fighters committed ritual suicide at the Ram Head in April 1734.
—Siobhan Reid, Vogue, 11 Nov. 2025
See All Example Sentences for freedom fighter
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“Freedom fighter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/freedom%20fighter. Accessed 17 Dec. 2025.
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