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reb
1[ reb ]
noun
- a Confederate soldier.
Reb
2[ reb ]
noun
- Mister (used as a title of respect).
Reb
1/ rɛb /
noun
- Judaism an honorific title, corresponding to Mr , for those who do not have rabbinic qualifications: usually followed by the person's forename
Reb Dovid
reb
2/ rɛb /
noun
- informal.sometimes capital a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War (1861–65) Also calledJohnny Reb
Word History and Origins
Origin of reb2
Word History and Origins
Origin of reb1
Origin of reb2
Example Sentences
My late grandfather, Reb Zalman Serebryanski, would repeat the time-worn adage “a Chassid is a soldat (soldier).”
How does Perry go North with the shopworn baggage of Johnny Reb superiority and an unapologetic evangelical paternalism?
"Johnny Reb" would think; and not infrequently, he would talk.
Reb Shimme, should I drive him in with the white or the black horse?
Remember, Reb' Lebe was only a girls' teacher, and nobody would pay much for teaching girls.
Verse after verse I chanted to the monotonous tune taught by Reb' Lebe, rocking to the rhythm of the chant, just like the rebbe.
Reb' Lebe moved a step towards the table, but his hands stuck behind his coat tails.
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