Johnny Reb
Americannoun
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U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
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a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S., especially of one of the former Confederate states; southerner.
noun
Etymology
Origin of Johnny Reb
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
Example Sentences
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Now, she said, with Johnny Reb tucked in the back of the graveyard’s Confederate Section, “nobody talks about it anymore.”
From Washington Post • May 29, 2021
So Johnny Reb sits, in 13 pieces, in Boykin’s yard, 150 feet off the road, waiting for somebody to put him back together again.
From Washington Post • May 29, 2021
I live not far from the Johnny Reb statue that was the subject of Courtland Milloy’s April 13 Metro column, “Why Johnny Reb belongs in a cemetery.”
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2016
Cheer up, Johnny Reb: The SEC East went 5-0 in its bowls.
From Newsweek
"How are you, Johnny Reb?" replied a fore-top man, as he hurled a spittoon in at the port.
From Brave Old Salt or, Life on the Quarter Deck by Optic, Oliver
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