rebel

From Middle English rebel, rebell, from Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

• enPR: rĕbʹəl, IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛbəl/

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rebel (plural rebels)

1. A person who resists an established authority, often violently.

• rebellion
• rebellious

From Middle English rebellen, from Old French rebeller, from Latin rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”). Doublet of revel.

• (URP) enPR: rĭ-bĕlʹ, IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈbɛl/

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• Rhymes: -ɛl

rebel (third-person singular simple present rebels, present participle rebelling, simple past and past participle rebelled)

1. (intransitive) To resist or become defiant toward an authority.

• defy

• obey
• submit

rebel m (plural rebels)

1. rebel

rebel m

1. rebel

• povstalec m

From Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis (“waging war again; insurgent”), from rebellō (“I wage war again, fight back”), from re- (“again, back”) + bellō (“I wage war”).

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• Hyphenation: re‧bel

rebel m (plural rebellen, diminutive rebelletje n)

1. rebel

• opstandeling

From Old French rebelle, from Latin rebellis.

• rebell, rebelle, rabell, reble, rebul, rebyll

• IPA^(key): /ˈrɛbɛl/, /ˈrɛbəl/, /ˈrɛːbəl/

rebel (plural rebels or rebelx)

1. A sinner (as one who rebels against a deity)
2. (Late Middle English) A rebel (combatant against the extant government)
3. (Late Middle English) One who refuses to follow directives or regulations; a rulebreaker.
4. (Late Middle English, rare) An uprising or revolt against one's authorities.
5. (Late Middle English, rare) One's opponent; an opposing individual.

• rebellen
• rebellioun
• rebellious
• rebelnes
• rebelloure
• rebellyng
• rebelte

• English: rebel
• Scots: rebel

• “rebel (n.(1))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.
• “rebel (n.(2))” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

rebel

1. Revolting, treasonous, rebelling; leading an insurrection or fighting authorities.
2. Sinful, iniquitous; defying the words or commands of a divine authority.
3. Showing disobedience, undutiful; refusing to follow orders, laws, or rules.
4. (rare) Refractory, set in one's ways or opinions.
5. (rare) Impatient, overly hurried or quick.

• “rebel (adj.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-16.

From Old French rebeller.

rebel

1. Alternative form of rebellen