REBEL
\ɹˈɛbə͡l], \ɹˈɛbəl], \ɹ_ˈɛ_b_əl]\
Definitions of REBEL
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"
By Princeton University
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a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
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(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
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used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
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To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
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To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
By Oddity Software
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Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.
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To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion.
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To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
By Noah Webster.
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Acting against government and law; unsubmissive.
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To resist, and take up arms against, the law or government; revolt; rise against any authority.
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Rebelled.
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Rebelling.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Rebellious.
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To renounce authority, or to take up arms against it: to oppose any lawful authority:-pr.p. rebelling; pa.t. and pa.p. rebelled.
By Daniel Lyons
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Rebellious.
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To resist forcibly government or authority.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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