insubordinates

adjective

1. not submitting to authority; disobedient: an insubordinate soldier.
2. not lower.

noun

3. a person who is insubordinate.

adjective

1. not submissive to authority; disobedient or rebellious
2. not in a subordinate position or rank

noun

3. an insubordinate person

adj.

1849, on model of French insubordonné (1789); from in- (1) “not, opposite of” + subordinate. Related: Insubordinately.