adj.
1.used by northerners of Confederate soldiers
2.participating in organized resistance to a constituted government rebel n.
1.`johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War
2.a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
3.someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action rebel v.
1.take part in a rebellion
2.break with established customs
Idiom of the Day
make allowances for (someone or something)
to allow extra time for someone or something, to make excuses for someone or something
We must make allowances for the fact that the new employee is very slow.
