rebs

noun Informal.

1. a Confederate soldier.

noun Yiddish.

1. Mister (used as a title of respect).

noun

1. (sometimes capital) US informal a Confederate soldier in the American Civil War (1861–65)Also called: Johnny Reb

noun

1. Judaism an honorific title, corresponding to Mr, for those who do not have rabbinic qualifications: usually followed by the person’s forenameReb Dovid

n.

abbreviation of rebel (n.), 1862, in U.S. Civil War context.