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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 Related Terms \| Find terms related to Rebel: 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.

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

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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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