| 释义 |
rebeldom|ˈrɛbəldəm|
[f. rebel n. + -dom.]
1. The domain of rebels. Chiefly applied by their opponents to the Confederate States during the American Civil War.
1862Gray Lett. (1893) 480 As to Rebeldom, there is now hardly any State that we have not got some foothold in. 1866Visct. Strangford Selection (1869) II. 198 Its neighbours call it Yaghistan, the land of revolt, rebeldom. 1887J. D. Billings Hardtack & Coffee 280 Afterwards [soldiers] went by thousands into other sections of Rebeldom. 1893[see chincapin].
2. Rebellious behaviour.
1859Thackeray Virgin. li, Never mind his rebeldom of the other day. |