REB

Pronunciation (US):

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• REB (noun)
  The noun REB has 1 sense:

1. '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

  Familiarity information: REB used as a noun is very rare.

• REB (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

'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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

greyback; Johnny; Johnny Reb; Reb; Rebel

Hypernyms ("Reb" is a kind of...):

Confederate soldier (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)