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• “renounce a former allegiance“

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• arise come into existence; originate or come into being; rise to one’s feet; result or issue; move upward; take part in a rebellion; get up and out of bed
• rise a growth in strength or number or importance ; the act of changing location in an upward direction ; an upward slope or grade (as in a road); a movement upward; the amount a salary is increased; the property possessed by a slope or surface that rises ; a wave that lifts the surface of the water or ground ; (theology) the origination of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost; an increase in cost; increase in price or value; move upward; increase in value or to a higher point; rise to one’s feet; rise up; come to the surface ; come into existence; move to a better position in life or to a better job; go up or advance; become more extreme; get up and out of bed; rise in rank or status; become heartened or elated; exert oneself to meet a challenge; take part in a rebellion; increase in volume; come up, of celestial bodies; return from the dead
• rise up come to the surface ; take part in a rebellion; stand up on the hind legs, of quadrupeds

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• renegade having deserted a cause or principle; break with established customs ; someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw ; a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• “`greyback’ derived from their grey Confederate uniforms“

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• Rebel take part in a rebellion; break with established customs ; `Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) ; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action
• Reb `Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War
• Johnny Reb `Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War
• Johnny `Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War
• greyback `Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; a dowitcher with a grey back ; a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere

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• insurgent in opposition to a civil authority or government ; a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions) ; a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
• insurrectionist a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)
• freedom fighter a person who takes part in an armed rebellion against the constituted authority (especially in the hope of improving conditions)

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• maverick independent in behavior or thought; someone who exhibits great independence in thought and action ; an unbranded range animal (especially a stray calf)