Usually means: Dissatisfied individuals opposing existing conditions.
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We found 11 dictionaries that define the word malcontents:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. malcontents: Merriam-Webster
  2. malcontents: Vocabulary.com
  3. Malcontents, malcontents: Wordnik
  4. malcontents: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. malcontents: Wiktionary
  6. malcontents: Dictionary.com
  7. Malcontents (France), Malcontents (Low Countries): Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  8. malcontents: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. malcontents: Collins English Dictionary

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  1. malcontents: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Malcontents: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (malcontent)

adjective:  Dissatisfied with current conditions; disaffected, discontented, rebellious.
noun:  A person who is not satisfied with current conditions; a discontented person, a rebel.
noun:  (obsolete) A state of discontentment or dissatisfaction; something that causes discontent.
verb:  (transitive, obsolete) To cause discontent or dissatisfaction.
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