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Rebel

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Noun

1. greyback, johnny, johnny reb, reb, rebel

Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

2. freedom fighter, insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel

a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

3. maverick, rebel

someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

Verb

4. arise, rebel, rise, rise up

take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

5. rebel, renegade

break with established customs

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Rebel

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verb (rɪˈbɛl ) -bels, -belling or -belled (intransitive; often foll by against)
1. 
to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp by force of arms
2. 
to dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
3. 
to show repugnance (towards)
noun (ˈrɛbəl )
4. 
a. 
a person who rebels
b. 
(as modifier)
a rebel soldier
a rebel leader
5. 
a person who dissents from some accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc

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Rebel

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noun
1. 
one who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one's country
2. 
a person who resists any authority or controls
3.  US; [often R-] name for
a Confederate soldier in the Civil War
, term used chiefly by Northerners
adjective
4. 
rebellious
5. 
of rebels
verb intransitiveWord forms: reˈbel, reˈbelled, reˈbelling
6. 
to be a rebel against the established government of one's country
7. 
to resist any authority or controls
to rebel against one's parents
8. 
to feel or show strong aversion; be repelled
his mind rebels at the thought

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Rebel

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intr.v. re·belled, re·bel·ling, re·bels
1. To refuse allegiance to and oppose by force an established government or ruling authority.
2. To resist or defy an authority or a generally accepted convention.
3. To feel or express strong unwillingness or repugnance: She rebelled at the unwelcome suggestion.
n. reb·el (rĕbəl)
1. One who rebels or is in rebellion.
2. Rebel A Confederate soldier.
3. A person who resists or defies authority or convention: "In her own mind, Jan is ... a rebel, an iconoclast, a strange and estranged and angry freedom fighter" (Perri Klass).

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