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(satellite adjective) participating in organized resistance to a constituted government; "the rebelling confederacy" |
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Synonyms: rebelling, rebellious |
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(satellite adjective) used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell" |
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(verb) take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance |
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Synonyms: arise, rise, rise up |
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Related Words: dissent, mutiny, protest, resist, revolt |
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(verb) break with established customs |
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Synonyms: renegade |
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Related Words: dissent, protest, resist |
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(noun) (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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Synonyms: Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, grayback |
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Related Words: Confederate soldier |
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(noun) someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action |
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Synonyms: maverick |
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Related Words: nonconformist, recusant |
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(noun) a person who takes part in a rebellion in the hope of improving conditions |
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Synonyms: insurgent, insurrectionist, mutineer |
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Related Words: crusader, meliorist, reformer, reformist, resister, revolutionary, revolutionist, subversive, subverter |
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