Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, a. [L. resurgens, -entis, p. pr. of resurgere. See Resurrection.] Rising again, as from the dead. --Coleridge.
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Resurgent \Re*sur"gent\, n. One who rises again, as from the dead. [R.] --Sydney Smith.