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Rebel Meaning & Definition
Rebel Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Rebel?

[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

Synonyms | Synonyms for Rebel: 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

Rebel In Webster's Dictionary

\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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