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Reb

name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Shortened form of Rebecca.
Noun
  1. 1
    Clipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier. US, abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, historical
  2. 2
    Shortened form of Rebbe.
  3. 3
    Abbreviation of Rebel (“Confederate soldier”). US, abbreviation, alt-of

    ""Jest here, or hereabouts," Disko replied, "earnin' my bread on the deep waters, an' dodgin' Reb privateers. […]""

  4. 4
    electronic warfare and related techniques, equipment, or troops. uncountable

    "Even though the relationship between the Information Troops and the existing REB Troops is not completely clear, REB Troops were one of the few elements of the Russian forces whose performance did not suffer intense cricisism [note] REB Troops are the Voyska radioelektronnoy bor’by, or Voyska REB — the Russian military’s electronic warfare branch."

  5. 5
    ‘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 wordnet
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  1. 6
    An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr.

    "Reb Moshe Cohen - Mr. Moshe Cohen"

Etymology

Etymology 1

Clipping of rebel.

Etymology 2

From Yiddish רב (reb).

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Russian РЭБ (REB), abbreviation of радиоэлектронная борьба (radioelektronnaja borʹba, “radio-electronic combat”).

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