Rebel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person who refuses allegiance to, resists, or rises in arms against the government or ruler of their country.
  2. a person who resists any authority, control, or tradition.
adjective
  1. rebellious; defiant.
  2. of or relating to rebels.
verb (used without object), re·bel, re·belled, re·bel·ling.
  1. to reject, resist, or rise in arms against one's government or ruler.
  2. to resist or rise against some authority, control, or tradition.
  3. to show or feel utter repugnance: His very soul rebelled at spanking the child.
verb (rɪˈbɛl) -bels, -belling or -belled (intr often foll by against)
  1. to resist or rise up against a government or other authority, esp by force of arms
  2. to dissent from an accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
  3. to show repugnance (towards)
noun (ˈrɛbəl)
    • a person who rebels
    • (as modifier)
  2. a person who dissents from some accepted moral code or convention of behaviour, dress, etc
Rebel (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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