rebel

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who fights against or refuses to obey those in power.

   A group of rebels defied the general's orders.

2. 2
   verb

   To fight against or refuse to obey an authority.

   The students rebelled against the strict new rules.

3. 3
   noun

   Someone who acts very independently and rejects normal rules.

   As a teenager he was a bit of a rebel.

From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“to wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“to wage war”).

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