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• reb
  reb

  noun

  a Confederate soldier.
• Reb
  Reb

  noun

  Mister (used as a title of respect).

reb

¹ American  

[reb] / rɛb /

noun

Informal.

1. a Confederate soldier.

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Reb ² American  

[reb] / rɛb /

noun

Yiddish.

1. Mister (used as a title of respect).

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Reb ¹ British  

/ rɛb /

noun

1. Judaism an honorific title, corresponding to Mr , for those who do not have rabbinic qualifications: usually followed by the person's forename

   Reb Dovid

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reb ² British  

/ rɛb /

noun

1. Also called: Johnny Reb.  informal (sometimes capital) a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War (1861–65)

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Etymology

Origin of reb¹

Shortened form of rebel

Origin of Reb²

Literally, “rabbi”

Example Sentences

Bryant: 37 pts, 14-31 FG, 4-10 3FG, 8 reb.,

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2020

Bryant: 23 pts, 6-24 FG, 11-15 FT, 15 reb.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2020

Bryant: 31 pts, 10-24 FG, 5-11 3FG, 10 reb.,

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2020

Bryant: 60 pts, 22-50 FG, 6-21 3FG, 10-12 FT, 4 reb.,

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 16, 2020

Then I went to my capten and asked him if I cood talk to a reb prisner that was my own blood brother.

From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt