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Definition of: intransigent
(in·tran′sə·jənt) adjective
Refusing to agree or compromise; irreconcilable.
—noun One who is intransigent; a radical or revolutionary: also in·tran′si·gent·ist. Also French in·tran·si·geant (aṅ·träṅ·sē·zhäṅ′). [<F intransigeant <Sp. intransigente <L in- not + transigens, -entis, ppr. of transigere agree. See TRANSACT.]
—in·tran′si·gence noun
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