1398 (1844) I. 210/2 Oure lorde the kinge..may nocht..restreygne trespassours & rebellours.
1422 in R. W. Chambers & M. Daunt (1931) 130 (MED) William Brigis and John his man ben Rebellours ayenst þe Officers of þe Cite.
1495 R. Crowmer in (2004) II. 474 The shippis with the Kyngis rebellars.
a1500 ( J. Yonge tr. (Rawl.) (1898) 206 (MED) Soner Is graciously hardyn oone Prayere of the obedient than ten thowsante of oon rebelloure othyr an evill lyuere.
1548 N. Udall et al. tr. Erasmus I. Luke xxi. 166 A continuall rebeller against God.
1582 T. Blenerhasset sig. C2v Tell him from mee I him and all his race Will quite destroy except he doth pluck down, All suche as bee rebellers to my crowne.
a1641 J. Smyth (1883) I. 290 The same kinge affirmed the same Maurice to bee his enemy and his rebellior.
1673 W. Penn iii. 14 They were not Disobeyers and Rebellers against it, who most readily received and followed Christ.
1748 54 Apostata, an Apostate, a Rebeller, a Back-slider, a Renegado.
a1787 J. Brown (1807) 165 [A] robber of and rebeller against God.
1837 T. Carlyle I. vi. i. 301 Who is it that, especially for rebellers and abolishers, can make a Constitution?
1848 J. R. Lowell Fable for Critics in (1866) II. 87 Ninety-nine Irish heroes, ferocious rebellers 'Gainst the Saxon in cis-marine garrets and cellars.
1946 C. Lewis p. xvii My experience had led me to expect to find among the persistent rebellers a few fundamentally troubled, ‘difficult’ children.
1987 4 Dec. 1335 The problem of the homeless is extremely complex... Some are harmless but impractical rebellers against the work ethic.