Johnny Reb

Johnny Reb

n. Informal

A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War.

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Johnny Reb

n

US informal (in the American Civil War) a Confederate soldier

[from rebel (n)]

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Johnny Reb - `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 greyback, Johnny, Reb, Rebel colloquialism - a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech Confederate soldier - a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War