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Reb

Definition: Reb

Reb

Noun

1. (informal) `johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `grayback' derived from their gray Confederate uniforms.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "Reb" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

 

Abbreviations & Acronyms: Reb

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.

EntrySourceExpressionField

REB

EnglishBeaked redfishN/A

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonym: Reb

Synonym: grayback (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Reb

English words defined with "Reb": Johnny Reb. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Reb" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Danish (cord, rope, string).

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Modern Usage: Reb

DomainUsage

Screenplays

Times are changing, Reb Tevye. (Fiddler on the Roof; writing credit: Sholom Aleichem; Joseph Stein)

Movie/TV Titles

The Little Reb (1897)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Reb

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Reb

SubjectTopicQuote

Economic History

Bangladesh

The REB is still in the final stages of selecting a short list of capable firms. (references)

Bangladesh

Earlier, the REB awarded three such plant contracts to local firms; the two completed projects use Caterpillar generators. (references)

Bangladesh

The Rural Electrification Board (REB) received several offers from foreign companies, including U.S. companies, for 14 small power (5-10 MW) plants. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Reb

"Reb" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Reb" is used about 2 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)100%2245,945

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Reb

Expression using "Reb": Johnny Reb. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Reb

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

colonel reb

43

johnny reb

33

reb beach

23

reb

17

colonel miss ole reb

14

lobster reb

13

reb 1100

12

reb brown

12

annie reb

9

bradley reb

8

reb 1200

6

col reb

5

randers reb

5

1100 rca reb

3

colonel mascot reb

2

industry reb

2

entire mc reb

2

cannon johnny reb

2

col miss ole reb

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: Reb

Language Translations for "Reb"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Bulgarian 

  

въстаник (insurgent, insurrectionist, rebel). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ebray

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Reb

Derivations

Words beginning with "Reb": rebait, rebaited, rebaiting, rebaits, rebalance, rebalanced, rebalances, rebalancing, rebaptism, rebaptisms, rebaptize, rebaptized, rebaptizes, rebaptizing, rebar, rebarbative, rebarbatively, rebars, rebate, rebated, rebater, rebaters, rebates, rebating, rebato, rebatos, rebbe, rebbes, rebec, rebeck, rebecks, rebecs, rebegan, rebegin, rebeginning, rebegins, rebegun, rebel, rebeldom, rebeldoms, rebelled, rebelling, rebellion, rebellions, rebellious, rebelliously, rebelliousness, rebelliousnesses, rebels, rebid, rebidden, rebidding, rebids, rebill, rebilled, rebilling, rebills, rebind, rebinding, rebinds, rebirth, rebirths, reblend, reblended, reblending, reblends, rebloom, rebloomed, reblooming, reblooms, reboant, reboard, reboarded, reboarding, reboards, rebodied, rebodies, rebody, rebodying, reboil, reboiled, reboiling, reboils, rebook, rebooked, rebooking, rebooks, reboot, rebooted, rebooting, reboots, rebop, rebops, rebore, rebored, rebores, reboring, reborn, rebottle, rebottled, rebottles, rebottling, rebought, rebound, rebounded, rebounder, rebounders, rebounding, rebounds, rebozo, rebozos, rebranch, rebranched, rebranches, rebranching, rebred, rebreed, rebreeding, rebreeds, rebroadcast, rebroadcasting, rebroadcasts, rebs, rebuff, rebuffed, rebuffing, rebuffs, rebuild, rebuilded, rebuilding, rebuilds, rebuilt, rebuke, rebuked, rebuker, rebukers, rebukes, rebuking, reburial, reburials, reburied, reburies, rebury, reburying, rebus, rebuses, rebut, rebuts, rebuttable, rebuttal, rebuttals, rebutted, rebutter, rebutters, rebutting, rebutton, rebuttoned, rebuttoning, rebuttons, rebuy, rebuying, rebuys. (additional references)

Words containing "Reb": bareback, barebacked, bareboat, bareboats, cerebella, cerebellar, cerebellum, cerebellums, cerebra, cerebral, cerebrally, cerebrals, cerebrate, cerebrated, cerebrates, cerebrating, cerebration, cerebrations, cerebric, cerebroside, cerebrosides, cerebrospinal, cerebrovascular, cerebrum, cerebrums, craniocerebral, decerebrate, decerebrated, decerebrates, decerebrating, decerebration, decerebrations, fibreboard, fibreboards, fireback, firebacks, fireball, fireballer, fireballers, fireballing, fireballs, firebase, firebases, firebird, firebirds, fireboat, fireboats, firebomb, firebombed, firebombing, firebombs, firebox, fireboxes, firebrand, firebrands, firebrat, firebrats, firebreak, firebreaks, firebrick, firebricks, firebug, firebugs, forebay, forebays, forebear, forebears, forebode, foreboded, foreboder, foreboders, forebodes, forebodies, foreboding, forebodingly, forebodingness, forebodingnesses, forebodings, forebody, foreboom, forebooms, forebrain, forebrains, foreby, forebye, grebe, grebes, harebell, harebells, harebrained, hereby, intracerebral, intracerebrally, lyrebird, lyrebirds, ourebi, ourebis, outrebound, outrebounded, outrebounding, outrebounds, prebake, prebaked, prebakes, prebaking, prebasal, prebattle, prebend, prebendal, prebendaries, prebendary, prebends, prebiblical, prebill, prebilled, prebilling, prebills, prebind, prebinding, prebinds, prebiologic, prebiological, prebiotic, prebless, preblessed, preblesses, preblessing, preboil, preboiled, preboiling, preboils, prebook, prebooked, prebooking, prebooks, preboom, prebound, prebreakfast, pureblood, purebloods, purebred, purebreds, rarebit, rarebits, scoreboard, scoreboards, shorebird, shorebirds, surrebutter, surrebutters, terebene, terebenes, terebic, terebinth, terebinths, thereby, treble, trebled, trebles, trebling, trebly, trebuchet, trebuchets, trebucket, trebuckets, whereby, zareba, zarebas. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Reb

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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-r"

-1 letter: be, er, re.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-r"
 

+1 letter: bare, bear, beer, berg, berm, bier, bore, brae, bred, bree, bren, brew, brie, byre, herb, kerb, rebs, robe, rube, verb.

 

+2 letters: abler, acerb, amber, ardeb, baker, baler, barbe, barde, bared, barer, bares, barge, barre, barye, baser, beard, bears, beers, beery, beret, bergs, berme, berms, berry, berth, beryl, bevor, bider, biers, biker, birle, birse, biter, blare, blear, bluer, boner, bored, borer, bores, borne, bower, boxer, brace, braes, brake, brave, braze, bread, break, bream, brede, breed, brees, brens, brent, breve, brews, bribe, bride, brief, brier, bries, brine, broke, brome, brose, brume, brute, buret, burke, burse, buyer, byres, caber, cuber, debar, derby, embar, ember, exurb, fiber, fibre, giber, grebe, herbs, herby, jiber, kebar, kerbs, liber, omber, ombre, orbed, probe, rebar, rebbe, rebec, rebel, rebid, rebop, rebus, rebut, rebuy, redub, rehab, ribes, robed, robes, roble, rubes, ruble, saber, sabre, sober, suber, taber, tribe, tuber, umber, verbs, weber, yerba, zebra.

 

+3 letters: abaser, abater, abider, abjure, abrade, abuser, adverb, aerobe, ambeer, ambers, ambery, ambler, arable, arbute, ardebs, backer, badder, badger, bagger, bailer, baiter, bakers, bakery, balder, balers, balker, baller, bander, banger, banker, banner, banter, barbed, barbel, barber, barbes, barbet, barded, bardes, barege, barely, barest, barfed, barged, bargee, barges, barite, barked, barker, barley, barmen, barmie, barque, barred, barrel, barren, barres, barret, barter, baryes, baryte, basher, baster, bather, batter, bawler, beaker, beards, bearer, beater, beaver, bedder, bedrid, bedrug, beeper, beezer, before, befret, beggar, begird, begirt, begrim, belfry, belier, belter, bemire, bender, berake, berate, bereft, berets, berime, berlin, bermes, bertha, berths, beryls, bestir, betray, better, bettor, bevors, beware, beworm, bewrap, bewray, bezoar, bibber, bicker, bidder, biders, bigger, bikers, bilker, biller, binder, binger, birded, birder, birdie, bireme, birkie, birled, birler, birles, birred, birses, bister, bistre, biters, bitter, blamer, blared, blares, blazer, blears, bleary, blower, boater, bobber, boiler, bolder, bolero, bolter, bomber, bonder, boners, bonier, bonzer, booger, booker, boomer, boozer, bopper, borage, borane, borate, bordel, border, boreal, boreen, borers, boride, bosker, bother, bourne, bourse, bowers, bowery, bowler, bowyer, boxers, boxier, braced, bracer, braces, braise, braize, braked, brakes, braved, braver, braves, brawer, brayed, brayer, brazed, brazen, brazer, brazes, breach, breads, bready, breaks, breams, breast, breath, bredes, breech, breeds, breeks, breeze, breezy, bregma, brents, breves, brevet, brewed, brewer, brewis, bribed, bribee, briber, bribes, brides, bridge, bridle, briefs, briers, briery, brined, briner, brines, broche, brogue, broken, broker, bromes, bronze, broses, browed, browse, bruise, brumes, brunet, bruted, brutes, bucker, budder, budger, buffer, bugger, bugler, bulger, bummer, bumper, bunker, bunter, burble, burden, burdie, bureau, burets, burgee, burger, burgle, buried, burier, buries, burked, burker, burkes, burled, burler, burley, burned, burner, burnet, burnie, burped, burred, burrer, bursae, burses, busher, busier, busker, buster, butler, butter, buyers, buzzer, byrled, byrnie, cabers, camber, caribe, cherub, cobber, comber, corbel, corbie, crambe, cubers, cumber, curbed, curber, dabber, dauber, debark, debars, debris, debtor, desorb, dibber, dobber, dubber, dumber, embark, embars, embers, embrue, embryo, enrobe, erbium, exurbs, eyebar, fabler, ferbam, fibber, fibers, fibres, forbye, foreby, gabber, garbed, garble, gerbil, gibber, gibers, goober, graben, grebes, herbal, herbed, hereby, hombre, imbrue, inbred, jabber, jerboa, jibber, jibers, jobber, kebars, kerbed, labret, lamber, libber, libers, librae, limber, lobber, lubber, lumber, marble, member, mobber, nabber, nearby, nobler, number, obeyer, obvert, ombers, ombres, orbier, ourebi, prefab, probed, prober, probes, rabbet, rabble, rabies, ramble, rebait, rebars, rebate, rebato, rebbes, rebeck, rebecs, rebels, rebids, rebill, rebind, rebody, reboil, rebook, reboot, rebops, rebore, reborn, rebozo, rebred, rebuff, rebuke, rebury, rebuts, rebuys, recomb, redbay, redbud, redbug, redubs, rehabs, resorb, reverb, rhebok, ribbed, ribber, ribeye, ribier, riblet, ribose, robbed, robber, robles, rouble, rubace, rubbed, rubber, rubble, rubied, rubier, rubies, rubles, rumble, sabers, sabred, sabres, scribe, serdab, sobber, sobers, somber, sombre, sorbed, sorbet, strobe, subers, superb, tabers, terbia, terbic, timber, timbre, treble, trebly, tribes, tubber, tubers, umbers, umbrae, unbear, unbred, unrobe, upbear, upbore, urbane, verbal, verbid, warble, webers, yabber, yerbas, zareba, zebras.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Reb


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

52 65 62

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.-.    .    -...

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010010 01100101 01100010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#101 &#98

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0065 0062

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

527168

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Quotations: Non-fiction
7. Usage Frequency
8. Expressions
9. Expressions: Internet
10. Translations: Modern
11. Abbreviations
12. Acronyms
13. Derivations
14. Anagrams
15. Orthography
16. Bibliography


  

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