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  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

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020

Bryant: 27 pts, 10-17 FG, 3-4 3FG, 5 reb.,

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020

Bryant: 36 pts, 12-20 FG, 11-18 FT, 7 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

“I think a lot of people are grateful” for Byrd Barr Place, Reb said.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 17, 2022

The list of most offensive mascots, which has since been removed from the Quality Logo Products Blog site, was rounded out by Oklahoma State’s Pistol Pete, West Virginia’s Mountaineer, Nevada’s Hey Reb!,

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2021

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

By 1979, the mascot had been changed from a student dressed in a gray Confederate uniform to a friendly-looking Disneyesque character named Colonel Reb.

From New York Times ● Aug. 9, 2017

And I soon realized something else: Reb Saunders was far happier when he lost to Danny than when he won.

From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok