reb

plural rebs

1. USabbreviationclippinghistoricalClipping of rebel: a Confederate, especially a Confederate soldier.

1. Shortened form of Rebbe.
2. An honorific used by traditional Jews, much like sir and mister/Mr.

   Reb Moshe Cohen - Mr. Moshe Cohen

1. Shortened form of Rebecca.

plural Rebs

1. USabbreviationAbbreviation of Rebel (“Confederate soldier”).

   "Jest here, or hereabouts," Disko replied, "earnin' my bread on the deep waters, an' dodgin' Reb privateers. […]"

   1897, Rudyard Kipling, Captains Courageous

1. uncountableelectronic warfare and related techniques, equipment, or troops.

   The Russian command created groupings of radio-electronic combat (REB) forces designed to work at the tactical control level. During the First Chechen War, REB forces experienced a narrow frequency range for their equipment and an insufficient level of automation.

   2003, Anne C. Aldis, Roger N. McDermott eds., Russian Military Reform 1992–2002, London: Frank Cass Publishers, →ISBN

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   Even though the relationship between the Information Troops and the existing REB Troops is not completely clear, REB Troops were one of the few elements of the Russian forces whose performance did not suffer intense cricisism [note] REB Troops are the Voyska radioelektronnoy bor’by, or Voyska REB — the Russian military’s electronic warfare branch.

   2012, “A Slovenian Perspective on Cyber Warfare”, in Daniel Ventre, editor, Cyber Conflict: Competing National Perspectives, London: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN

   The development of a nuclear-powered ship with a standard-displacement of a 75,000–80,000 tons with an aircraft fleet of “No less than 7 LAk [carrier-based aircraft],” which included fighter aircraft, ground attack aircraft, and ASW, RTR [radio-relay support], REB [electronic warfare], and RLD [radar picket] aircraft and various types of helicopters.

   1992, Warship International, volume 29, Rutland, Mass.: International Naval Research Organization, page 210