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rebel yell

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Definition of rebel yell

: a prolonged high-pitched yell often uttered by Confederate soldiers in the American Civil War

Examples of rebel yell in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web His face is contorted into a deranged smirk, his eyebrows raised and his teeth bared, as if fixing around that shrill yawp of the rebel yell. — Connor Towne O'neill, Daily Intelligencer, "America’s Ugliest Confederate Statue Isn’t Coming Down Anytime Soon," 16 Sep. 2017

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First Known Use of rebel yell

1862, in the meaning defined above

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“Rebel yell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rebel%20yell. Accessed 28 Oct. 2020.

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