JOHNNY

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

'Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; 'greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

Synonyms:

greyback; Johnny; Johnny Reb; Reb; Rebel

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("Johnny" is a kind of...):

Confederate soldier (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)

Domain usage:

colloquialism (a colloquial expression; characteristic of spoken or written communication that seeks to imitate informal speech)

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