greyback
A Confederate soldier during the US Civil WarA Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
Значение
значений: 6(США, разговорное, исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
‘Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; ‘greyback’ derived from their grey Confederate uniforms
(США, разговорное, исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A Confederate States dollar during the US Civil War.
(исчисляемое, устаревшее, неисчисляемое)A louse.
(исчисляемое, региональное, неисчисляемое)Any of various grey birds.
a dowitcher with a grey back
(исчисляемое, неисчисляемое)A kind of paperboard with a smooth white surface on one side and a grey surface on the other side.
(США, исчисляемое, историческое, неисчисляемое)A Confederate States dollar.
Происхождение
From grey + back.From grey + back.
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Формы
мн. число: greybacksСинонимы
синонимов: 10- a dowitcher with a grey back:graybackLimnodromus griseus
- a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the Southern Hemisphere:knotgraybackCalidris canutus
- ‘Johnny’ was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; ‘greyback’ derived from their grey Confederate uniforms:RebelRebJohnny RebJohnny
Антонимы
антонимов: 2Уроки к слову
уроков: 1- A1Исчисляемые и неисчисляемые существительные — Потому что оно может быть неисчисляемым