Definition of "rebels" []

• Plural form of rebel. (noun)
• Third-person singular simple present indicative form of rebel.. (verb)

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• "Then again, how do we tell freedom fighters (what we called rebels in Afghanistan, including bin Laden, when they were waging war against the Soviet Union) from terrorists (what we called the very same rebels in Afghanistan when they began to wage war against the United States)?"
• "They will be only too pleased to be able to say that we, by our own confession, are merely restless and negative; that we are only what we call rebels and they call cranks."
• "General M'Clellan reports that the position of the rebels is a strong one."