(US) a rebel, especially in Cuba or the Philippines during American military involvement there around the start of the 20th century

(biochemistry) A chaperone protein of the endoplasmic reticulum.

simple past tense and past participle of proclaim

(transitive) To roast (a salt or mineral) until it stops crackling in the fire. / (intransitive) Of salts and minerals, to crackle when heated, indicating a sudden breakdown of their particles.