reb

1. 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

   SynonymsRebelJohnny RebJohnnygreyback

   BroaderConfederate soldier

   colloquialism

Other forms of reb

plural

rebs·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

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: reb.

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.