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rebel flag en · NOUN
Meanings
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(Southern-US) The Confederate battle flag
In fact, the rebel flag is so prolific in the revival some musicians intentionally avoid using it not because of racially charged meanings but to affirm their own uniqueness and individuality as southern rockers.
2017, Jason Eastman, The Southern Rock Revival: The Old South in a New World, page 190:
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see rebel, flag.
Forms
Relateds
Confederate flag
Synonyms
Dixie flag
wikipedia: Army of Northern Virginia