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▪ I. reb1 Chiefly U.S.
Abbreviation of rebel n.1 1 e; cf. Johnny Reb s.v. Johnny, Johnnie 3. Also attrib.
1862in Post Soldier's Lett. ii. xxxii. 90 As soon as the rebs saw our red breeches (the Zouaves) coming through the woods they skedaddled. 1886Century Mag. June 316/1 You will ride right into the Rebs. 1897Kipling Capt. Cour. iii. 62 Earnin' my bread on the deep waters, an' dodgin' Reb privateers. 1904― Traffics & Discov. 31 Then we got into the Colony [sc. Orange Free State], and the rebs—ministers mostly and schoolmasters—came round the cars with fruit and sympathy and texts. 1909‘O. Henry’ Options (1916) 81 The alleged aristocratic superiority of a ‘reb’ ought to be visible to him at once. 1916‘Taffrail’ Pincher Martin v. 73 They wanted me to order the rebs. to shove off. 1928S. V. Benét John Brown's Body 181 ‘Hello, Charley,’ he said, ‘Where you been?’.. ‘Out hearing the Rebs,’ he said. 1938J. Daniels Southerner Discovers South xxxv. 346 The boy..insisted in the hospital that he was the best alligator catcher on the coast of Georgia. Perhaps he was. Maybe still one Reb can beat ten Yankees. 1947Sierra Club Bull. May 80 The stars and stripes, the flag of our now united country raised in honor of our visit, and I, an old battle-scarred and weather-worn Reb. 1963Amer. Speech XXXVIII. 45 Reb, a Southern driver or a Southern trucking firm. 1979S. Sheppard Four Hundred i. 4 A certain scheme for separating some of the Rebs from their money.
▪ II. reb2|rɛb|
Also rebb and with capital initial.
[Yiddish, abbrev. of rebbe rebbe.]
A traditional Jewish courtesy title prefixed to a man's first name or surname.
1882[see kehilla]. 1892I. Zangwill Childr. Ghetto I. 147 ‘Well, how goes it, Reb Moshé?’ said Reb Shemuel.., noticing Moses loitering. He called him ‘Reb’ out of courtesy and in acknowledgement of his piety. The real ‘Reb’ was a fine figure of a man. 1932L. Golding Magnolia Street i. v. 84 The beard of Reb Berel, the beadle, was in attendance. 1967C. Potok Chosen i. 15 Reb Saunders ordered them never to lose because it would shame their yeshiva. 1975Publishers Weekly 3 Feb. 75/3 A ragged stranger stands by the door of the synagogue... The boy whispers to the woman that the stranger, reb Naftoli, is a badchen, a merrymaker, who speaks in rhymes. 1978I. B. Singer Shosha ix. 170 We had a preacher in our family—Reb Zekele Preacher, they called him.
▪ III. reb
obs. Sc. and north. form of rib. |