resister
noun
re·sist·er
ri-ˈzi-stər 
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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The answer is that France at this time was attempting to heal its wartime wounds, papering over the cracks in the social fabric that had opened up during the German Occupation and positioning itself as a nation of resisters, in which collaborators had been few and aberrant.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer.
—Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Collaborators often became resisters, and vice versa.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 30 July 2025
Many war resisters, or draft dodgers as they were often called by others, were not interested in returning when Mr. Carter made his amnesty offer.
—Ruth Fremson, New York Times, 3 May 2025
In the 1940s and ’50s, room-sized mainframe computers relied on thousands of vacuum tubes, resisters, capacitors and more.
—Gerui Wang, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
Collaborators often became resisters, and vice versa.
—Foreign Affairs, 25 Feb. 2025
See All Example Sentences for resister
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“Resister.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resister. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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resister
noun
re·sist·er
-ˈzis-tər
: one that resists
especially
: one who actively opposes the policies of a government
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