malcontent Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a person who is discontented or disgusted
  2. adjective satellite discontented as toward authority
    ill-affected; disaffected; rebellious.

WordNet

Mal"con*tent` adjective
Etymology
F., fr. mal ill + content. See Malice, Content.
Definitions
  1. discontented; uneasy; dissatisfied; especially, dissatisfied with the government. Written also malecontent.
    The famous malcontent earl of Leicester. Milner.
Mal"con*tent` noun
Etymology
F. malcontent.
Definitions
  1. One who discontented; especially, a discontented subject of a government; one who express his discontent by words or overt acts. Spenser. Berkeley.

Webster 1913