rebel yell

noun

Definition of rebel yell

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

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Is rainbow hair the season’s rebel yell or a straight-up party anthem? — Vogue, "Extreme Kaleidoscopic Hair Is Sweeping London Fashion Week," 16 Sep. 2018 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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