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`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 take part in a rebellion; renounce a former allegiance break with established customs used by northerners of Confederate soldiers; "the rebel yell" southern someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) |
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