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English Dictionary: malcontent by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
malcontent
adj
  1. discontented as toward authority [syn: disaffected, ill-affected, malcontent, rebellious]
n
  1. a person who is discontented or disgusted
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malcontent \Mal"con*tent`\, a. [F., fr. mal ill + content. See
      {Malice}, {Content}.]
      discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied
      with the government. [Written also {malecontent}.]
  
               The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. --Milner.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Malcontent \Mal"con*tent`\, n. [F. malcontent.]
      One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a
      government; one who express his discontent by words or overt
      acts. --Spenser. Berkeley.
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