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JOHNNY
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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:
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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