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nounrɛbrɛb A traditional Jewish title or form of address, corresponding to Sir, for a man who is not a rabbi (used preceding the forename or surname) Example sentencesExamples - Throughout his long career, Reb Zalman has been an unending resource for the world religious community.
- The rabbi called him suddenly, "Reb Jew, come here."
- CURT LEVIANT'S novel about Reb Nachman of Bratslav, The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah, was a Nominee for the National Jewish Book Award.
nounrɛbrɛb US informal A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War. Example sentencesExamples - At that moment, a scout named Stephen Warren Morehouse rushed to Major George Pope telling him ‘there's a lot of Rebs through there in a barn.’
- I know, but I'm using that example to wonder if we did the same type of question thing for the Civil War, would we maybe end up being Rebs?
- Rebels were looking for shoes and other supplies; Yanks were looking for Rebs.
- One man heard his officers vow never to take another prisoner. Upon hearing the rumor, one veteran simply noted that ‘we ought to kill every Reb in our hands.’
- The end of the Rebs and their damned confederacy is forming right here,’ the corporal said, though the earlier jauntiness was absent from his voice.
- Energy and concentration, however, had gurgled down into my shoes, leaving me about as spirited as a Johnny Reb after Pickett's charge.
nounrɛbreb A traditional Jewish title or form of address, corresponding to Sir, for a man who is not a rabbi (used preceding the forename or surname) Example sentencesExamples - CURT LEVIANT'S novel about Reb Nachman of Bratslav, The Man Who Thought He Was Messiah, was a Nominee for the National Jewish Book Award.
- The rabbi called him suddenly, "Reb Jew, come here."
- Throughout his long career, Reb Zalman has been an unending resource for the world religious community.
nounrɛbreb US informal A Confederate soldier in the American Civil War. Example sentencesExamples - One man heard his officers vow never to take another prisoner. Upon hearing the rumor, one veteran simply noted that ‘we ought to kill every Reb in our hands.’
- The end of the Rebs and their damned confederacy is forming right here,’ the corporal said, though the earlier jauntiness was absent from his voice.
- Energy and concentration, however, had gurgled down into my shoes, leaving me about as spirited as a Johnny Reb after Pickett's charge.
- At that moment, a scout named Stephen Warren Morehouse rushed to Major George Pope telling him ‘there's a lot of Rebs through there in a barn.’
- I know, but I'm using that example to wonder if we did the same type of question thing for the Civil War, would we maybe end up being Rebs?
- Rebels were looking for shoes and other supplies; Yanks were looking for Rebs.
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