rebel

rebel
\ \ [13] Etymologically, a rebel is someone who, having been defeated, ‘makes war again’ against his conquerors. The word comes via Old French rebelle from Latin rebellis, an adjective formed from the prefix re- ‘again’ and bellumwar’ (source of English bellicose [15] and belligerent [16]). The same Latin word underlies English revel [14]; the semantic link between these two rather unlikely relatives is the noisy disturbance or uproar that goes with a rebellion, not too dissimilar to that made by a crowd of revellers.
\ \ Cf.BELLIGERENT, REVEL

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  • rebel — REBÉL, Ă, rebeli, e, adj. (Despre oameni; adesea substantivat) Care ia parte activă la o rebeliune, care îndeamnă la rebeliune; răzvrătit. ♦ Nesupus, recalcitrant. ♦ Care arată nesupunere, care exprimă revoltă. ♦ fig. (Despre păr) Care nu se… …   Dicționar Român

  • rebel — n Rebel, insurgent, iconoclast are comparable when they denote one who rises up against constituted authority or the established order. Rebel carries the strongest implication of a refusal to obey or to accept dictation and of actual, often armed …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • rebel — [reb′əl; ] for v. [ ri bel′] n. [ME < OFr rebelle < L rebellis, rebel, rebellious < rebellare: see REBEL the vi.] 1. one who engages in armed resistance against the established government of one s country 2. a person who resists any… …   English World dictionary

  • 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. [1913 Webster] Whoso be rebel to my judgment. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] Convict by flight …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Rebel — Reb el, n. [F. rebelle.] One who rebels. [1913 Webster] 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • rebel — [adj] not obeying insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, mutinous, rebellious, revolutionary; concept 401 Ant. complaisant, compliant, obedient rebel [n] person who does not obey agitator, anarchist, antagonist, apostate, demagogue, deserter …   New thesaurus

  • Rebel — Rebel, so v.w. Revel …   Pierer's Universal-Lexikon

  • rebel — I verb arise, be disloyal, be insubordinate, be treasonable, betray, break with, concitare, defy, denounce, dethrone, disobey, insurrect, mutiny, oppose, overthrow, recalcitrate, refuse to conform, refuse to support, renounce, resist, resist… …   Law dictionary

  • rèbel — m rij. pobunjenik, ustanik, buntovnik …   Veliki rječnik hrvatskoga jezika

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