Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun greyback

3 senses of greyback

Sense 1
Rebel, Reb, Johnny Reb, Johnny, greyback -- (`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)
       => Confederate soldier -- (a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War)

Sense 2
greyback, grayback, Limnodromus griseus -- (a dowitcher with a grey back)
       => dowitcher -- (shorebird of the sandpiper family that resembles a snipe)

Sense 3
knot, greyback, grayback, Calidris canutus -- (a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere)
       => sandpiper -- (any of numerous usually small wading birds having a slender bill and piping call; closely related to the plovers)