greyback

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noun

1. '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
• Syn:
Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny
• Usage Domain:
colloquialism
• Hypernyms:
Confederate soldier
2. a dowitcher with a grey back
• Syn:
grayback, Limnodromus griseus
• Hypernyms:
dowitcher
3. a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• Syn:
knot, grayback, Calidris canutus
• Hypernyms:
sandpiper
• Member Holonyms:
Calidris, genus Calidris