Link Centre Dictionary

Reb

uncommon us

noun

1.

`johnny'' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War

  • “grayback”
Synonyms

Origin

Borrowed from Russian РЭБ (REB), abbreviation of радиоэлектронная борьба (radioelektronnaja borʹba, “radio-electronic combat”).

Related words

Broader terms

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.