Resurgent

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, a. [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of
     resurgere. See {Resurrection}.]
     Rising again, as from the dead. --Coleridge.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, n.
     One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] --Sydney Smith.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  resurgent
       adj 1: rising again as to new life and vigor; "resurgent
              nationalism"
       2: surging or sweeping back again [syn: {renascent}]