Found 3 items, similar to rebel.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: rebel
bangkang, berdurhaka, membalela, memberontak, pembangkang, pemberontak, pendurhaka
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: rebel
rebel
adj 1: used by northerners of Confederate soldiers;
“the rebel
yell”
2: participating in organized resistance to a constituted
government;
“the rebelling confederacy” [syn:
rebel(a),
rebelling(a),
rebellious]
[also:
rebelling,
rebelled]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Rebel
Rebel
\Reb"el\ (r[e^]b"[e^]l), a. [F. rebelle, fr. L. rebellis.
See
Rebel, v. i.]
Pertaining to rebels or rebellion; acting in revolt;
rebellious; as, rebel troops.
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Whoso be rebel to my judgment. --Chaucer.
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Convict by flight, and rebel to all law. --Milton.
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Rebel
\Reb"el\, n. [F. rebelle.]
One who rebels.
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Syn: Revolter; insurgent.
Usage:
Rebel,
Insurgent. Insurgent marks an early, and
rebel a more advanced, stage of opposition to
government. The former rises up against his rulers,
the latter makes war upon them.
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Rebel
\Re*bel"\ (r[-e]*b[e^]l"), v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Rebelled
(r[-e]*b[e^]ld); p. pr. & vb. n.
Rebelling.] [F. rebeller,
fr. L. rebellare to make war again; pref. re- again + bellare
to make war, fr. bellum war. See
Bellicose, and cf.
Revel
to carouse.]
1. To renounce, and resist by force, the authority of the
ruler or government to which one owes obedience. See
Rebellion.
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The murmur and the churls' rebelling. --Chaucer.
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Ye have builded you an altar, that ye might rebel
this day against the Lord. --Josh. xxii.
16.
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2. To be disobedient to authority; to assume a hostile or
insubordinate attitude; to revolt.
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How could my hand rebel against my heart?
How could your heart rebel against your reason?
--Dryden.
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