reb

Questions about reb

What does reb mean?

reb means "`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".

How many syllables are in reb?

reb has 1 syllable under the regular spelling rules, and is not divided further. It is not in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary, so that comes from how the word is written rather than from a recorded pronunciation, and no stress or phonetic transcription is claimed for it.

What is another word for reb?

Close synonyms include Rebel, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is reb a common word?

reb is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.