Definitions for rebel
ˈrɛb əl; rɪˈbɛlrebel

Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greybacknoun

   `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

2. insurgent, insurrectionist, freedom fighter, rebelnoun

   a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

3. maverick, rebelverb

   someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action

4. rebel, arise, rise, rise upverb

   take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance

5. rebel, renegadeverb

   break with established customs

Wiktionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Rebelnoun

   a Confederate soldier

2. Etymology: From rebeller, from rebello, from re- + bello.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. REBELnoun

   One who opposes lawful authority.

   Etymology: rebelle, Fr. rebellis, Lat.

   The merciless Macdonel
   Worthy to be a rebel; for to that
   The multiplying villanies of nature
   Do swarm upon him. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   The rebels there are up,
   And put the Englishmen unto the sword. William Shakespeare.

   Shall man from nature’s sanction stray,
   A rebel to her rightful sway. Elijah Fenton.

2. To Rebelverb

   To rise in opposition against lawful authority.

   Etymology: rebello, Lat.

   Boys, immature in knowledge,
   Pawn their experience to their present pleasure,
   And so rebel to judgment. William Shakespeare, Ant. and Cleopatra.

   If they perceive dissention in our looks,
   How will their grudging stomachs be provok’d
   To wilful disobedience, and rebel? William Shakespeare, Henry VI.

   Such smiling rogues as these sooth every passion,
   That in the nature of their lords rebels;
   Bring oil to fire. William Shakespeare, King Lear.

   There was a time, when all the body’s members
   Rebell’d against the belly. William Shakespeare, Coriolanus.

   Arm’d with thy might, rid heav’n of these rebell’d. John Milton.

   How cou’d my hand rebel against my heart?
   How cou’d your heart rebel against your reason? Dryden.

   Part of the angels rebelled against God, and thereby lost their happy state. John Locke.

Webster Dictionary(3.75 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rebelverb

   pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops

2. Rebelnoun

   one who rebels

3. Rebelverb

   to renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See Rebellion

4. Rebelverb

   to be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or insubordinate attitude; to revolt

5. Etymology: [F. rebeller, fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare to make war, fr. bellum war. See Bellicose, and cf. Revel to carouse.]

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Rebel

   Rebel is a musical group founded by Igors Novikovs.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Rebel

   reb′el, n. one who rebels.—adj. rebellious.—v.i. (re-bel′) to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance, or to take up arms and openly oppose them: to oppose any lawful authority:—pr.p. rebel′ling; pa.t. and pa.p. rebelled′.—n. Rebel′ler, one who rebels: a rebel.—adj. Reb′el-like (Shak.), like a rebel.—n. Rebell′ion, act of rebelling: open opposition to lawful authority: revolt: the Great Rebellion in England from 1642 to 1660: the American civil war of 1861-65.—adj. Rebell′ious, engaged in rebellion: characteristic of a rebel or rebellion: (of things) refractory.—adv. Rebell′iously, in a rebellious manner: in opposition to lawful authority.—n. Rebell′iousness.—adj. Reb′elly, rebellious. [Fr. rebelle—L. rebellis, insurgent—re-, again, bellum, war.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. rebel

   One who rebels; one who revolts from the government to which he owes allegiance, either by openly renouncing the authority of that government, or by taking arms and openly opposing it; one who defies and seeks to overthrow the authority to which he is rightfully subject; a revolter; an insurgent.

2. rebel

   Acting in revolt; rebellious; as, rebel troops.

3. rebel

   To revolt; to take up arms traitorously against the state or government; to renounce the authority of the laws and government to which one owes allegiance.

Matched Categories

1. • Confederate Soldier
   • Dissent

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'rebel' in Nouns Frequency: #1808

How to pronounce rebel?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

   British

   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of rebel in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of rebel in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of rebel in a Sentence

1. Aleister Crowley:

   The essence of independence has been to think and act according to standards from within, not without. Inevitably anyone with an independent mind must become "one who resists or opposes authority or established conventions": a rebel. If enough people come to agree with, and follow, the Rebel, we now have a Devil. Until, of course, still more people agree. And then, finally, we have --- Greatness.

2. Suranand Vejjajiva:

   The public might rebel if they think she is being treated unfairly.

3. Sherrod Brown:

   I think too many members would rebel against that -- but we'll see, i am concerned there is pressure.

4. Harney County Sheriff David Ward:

   We don't arm up and rebel.

5. Foreign Minister Raymond Tshibanda:

   The remainder of rebel troops are now going into the deep forest, moving therefore away from the Rwandan border where it was believed they were creating insecurity for our neighbor.

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