Meaning of REBEL
| Pronunciation: | | [v]re'bel, 'rebl
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- [n] a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
- [n] someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
- [n] (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
- [adj] used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"
- [v] take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance
- [v] break with established customs
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| | Synonyms: | | arise, freedom fighter, grayback, insurgent, insurrectionist, Johnny, Johnny Reb, maverick, Reb, renegade, rise, rise up, southern |
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| | See Also: | | Confederate soldier, crusader, Denmark Vesey, dissent, meliorist, mutineer, mutiny, Nat Turner, nonconformist, protest, recusant, reformer, reformist, resist, revolt, revolutionary, revolutionist, Sir William Wallace, subversive, subverter, Turner, Vesey, Wallace | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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\Reb"el\, a. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis. See {Rebel}, v.
t.]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt;
rebellious; as, rebel troops.
Whoso be rebel to my judgment. --Chaucer.
Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
\Reb"el\, n. [F. rebelle.]
One who rebels.
Syn: Revolter; insurgent.
Usage: {Rebel}, {Insurgent}. Insurgent marks an early, and
rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to
government. The former rises up against his rulers,
the latter makes war upon them.
\Re*bel"\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Rebelled}; p. pr. & vb. n.
{Rebelling}.] [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war
again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war.
See {Bellicose}, and cf. {Revel} to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the
ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See
{Rebellion}.
The murmur and the churl's rebelling. --Chaucer.
Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel
this day against the Lord. --Josh. xxii.
16.
2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or
insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Hoe could my hand rebel against my heart? How could
you heart rebel against your reason? --Dryden.
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