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Johnny Reb
[ reb ]
noun
, Informal.
- U.S. History. a Confederate soldier.
- a native or inhabitant of the southern U.S., especially of one of the former Confederate states; southerner.
Johnny Reb
noun
- informal.(in the American Civil War) a Confederate soldier
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Johnny Reb1
An Americanism dating back to 1860–65
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Word History and Origins
Origin of Johnny Reb1
C19: from rebel (n)
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Example Sentences
How does Perry go North with the shopworn baggage of Johnny Reb superiority and an unapologetic evangelical paternalism?
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"Johnny Reb" would think; and not infrequently, he would talk.
From Project Gutenberg
That day, too, Gram had "mug-bread," and for supper pones made into Johnny-reb toast.
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This is old Rube, nigh onto ten, mighty strong, but as balky as a Johnny Reb hisself.
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Our boys would cry out, "Halloo, Johnny Reb., did you get enough of the valley?"
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Johnny Reb's silk coat shone now with sweat, but his pace was sedate.
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