Rebel
['reb(ə)l] or [rɪ'bɛl]
Definition
(noun.) `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.
(verb.) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance.
(verb.) break with established customs.
Checker: Truman--From WordNet
Definition
(v. i.) Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
(n.) One who rebels.
(v. i.) To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
(v. i.) To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
Checker: Uriah
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Insurgent, traitor, revolter.
v. n. Revolt, resist lawful authority, take up arms against the government.
Typist: Oliver
Synonyms and Antonyms
[See REVOLT]
SYN:Revolter, insurgent, traitor
ANT:Supporter, adherent
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Definition
n. one who rebels.—adj. rebellious.—v.i. (re-bel′) to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance or to take up arms and openly oppose them: to oppose any lawful authority:—pr.p. rebel′ling; pa.t. and pa.p. rebelled′.—n. Rebel′ler one who rebels: a rebel.—adj. Reb′el-like (Shak.) like a rebel.—n. Rebell′ion act of rebelling: open opposition to lawful authority: revolt: the Great Rebellion in England from 1642 to 1660: the American civil war of 1861-65.—adj. Rebell′ious engaged in rebellion: characteristic of a rebel or rebellion: (of things) refractory.—adv. Rebell′iously in a rebellious manner: in opposition to lawful authority.—n. Rebell′iousness.—adj. Reb′elly rebellious.
Editor: Murdoch
Unserious Contents or Definition
n. A proponent of a new misrule who has failed to establish it.
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Examples
- But you cannot destroy them until they rebel? Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- Pain, for her, has no result in good: tears water no harvest of wisdom: on sickness, on death itself, she looks with the eye of a rebel. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
- Smith's divisions had encountered the rebel advanced pickets as early as half-past seven. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the 8th of May he moved again, taking his whole force to Farmington, and pushed out two divisions close to the rebel line. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Soon encountering the rebel cavalry he met with a very stout resistance. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The line between the Rebel and Union element in Georgetown was so marked that it led to divisions even in the churches. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But I am a rebel: I don't feel bound, as you do, to submit to what I don't like. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- But, like ourselves, the rebels had become experts in repairing such damage. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Though he knows,' said Mr. Bounderby, now blowing a gale, 'that there are a set of rascals and rebels whom transportation is too good for! Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- Quite a sharp engagement ensued, but he drove the rebels back with considerable loss, including one general officer killed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The rebels had obstructed the navigation of Yazoo Pass and the Coldwater by felling trees into them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- All rebels were known as Johnnies, all Union troops as Yanks. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- That opinion is largely determined by the real impulses of men; and genuine character rejects or at least rebels against foreign, unnatural impositions. Walter Lippmann. A Preface to Politics.
- It was Death himself, they declared, come visibly to seize on subject earth, and quell at once our decreasing numbers, sole rebels to his law. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- His proud heart rebelled against this change. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- No father in all England could have behaved more generously to a son, who had rebelled against him wickedly. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- They rebelled only to be reconquered. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- At moments her pride rebelled against her passion for him, and she even had longed to be free. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- She has never rebelled yet; but if hard driven, she will rebel one day, and then it will be once for all. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He rebelled against all authority. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- Mealy Potatoes uprose once, and rebelled against my being so distinguished; but Mick Walker settled him in no time. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- She was rebelling against something else. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
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