reb
noun
a Confederate soldier.
reb
1 American
[reb]
/ rɛb /
noun
Informal.
Reb
2
American
[r eb]
/ rɛb /
noun
Yiddish.
Reb
1
British
/ rɛb /
noun
reb
2
British
/ rɛb /
noun
Etymology
Origin of reb1
Shortened form of rebel
Origin of Reb2
Literally, “rabbi”
Example Sentences
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Bryant: 36 pts, 12-20 FG, 11-18 FT, 7 reb.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
Bryant: 29 pts, 10-29 FG, 8-8 FT, 7 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: 37 pts, 14-31 FG, 4-10 3FG, 8 reb.,
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 16, 2020
A few days ago I was put in charge of helpin to feed the reb prisners that we took in this battel.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
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
Sconiers was a 26-year-old bombardier on the B-17 bomber “Johnny Reb II” when it was shot down over France on Oct.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 19, 2018
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
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
Reb Saunders paused, and I saw two of the old men who were sitting at our table look at each other and nod.
From "The Chosen" by Chaim Potok
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