Hypertext Webster Gateway: "malcontent"

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.

From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)

malcontent
adj : discontented as toward authority [syn: {disaffected}, {ill-affected},
{rebellious}]
n : a person who is discontented or disgusted


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