JOHNNY as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • `johnny” was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War
   • `grayback” derived from their gray Confederate uniforms
   Synonym(s)
   • grayback (what does grayback mean?)
   • Johnny Reb (what does Johnny Reb mean?)
   • Reb (what does Reb mean?)
   • Rebel (what does Rebel mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) Johnny is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • Confederate soldier (what does Confederate soldier mean?)