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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024reb•el /n., adj. ˈrɛbəl; v. rɪˈbɛl/USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -belled, -bel•ling. n. [countable] - Governmenta person who refuses to obey, resists, or rises in arms against a government or ruler.
- a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.
adj. [before a noun] - Governmentof or relating to rebels:rebel troops.
v. [no object] re•bel - to act as a rebel:The people rebelled against the government.
- to show strong opposition:Some children rebel to test their parents' patience.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024reb•el (n., adj. reb′əl;v. ri bel′),USA pronunciation n., adj., v., -belled, -bel•ling. n. - Governmenta person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of his or her country.
- a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.
adj. - rebellious;
defiant. - Governmentof or pertaining to rebels.
v.i. re•bel - Governmentto reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler.
- to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.
- to show or feel utter repugnance:His very soul rebelled at spanking the child.
- Latin rebellāre; (noun, nominal) Middle English rebel, derivative of the adjective, adjectival
- Old French rebeller)
- Latin rebellis renewing a war, equivalent. to re- re- + bell(um) war + -is adjective, adjectival suffix; (verb, verbal) Middle English rebellen (
- Old French rebelle
- (adjective, adjectival) Middle English 1250–1300
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged insurrectionist, mutineer, traitor.
- 1, 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged insurgent.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged mutinous.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged revolt, mutiny.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: rebel vb /rɪˈbɛl/ ( -bels, -belling, -belled)(intransitive) often followed by against: - to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp by force of arms
- to dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
- to show repugnance (towards)
n /ˈrɛbəl/- a person who rebels
- (as modifier): a rebel soldier, a rebel leader
- a person who dissents from some accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
Etymology: 13th Century: from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis insurgent, from re- + bellum war |