greyback

Plural: greybacks

Noun

• `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
• a dowitcher with a grey back
• a sandpiper that breeds in the Arctic and winters in the southern hemisphere
• A Confederate soldier during the US Civil War (because of the grey uniforms).
• A louse.
• Any of various grey birds.
• A kind of paperboard with a smooth white surface on one side and a grey surface on the other side.

Synonyms

Calidris canutus, grayback, Johnny, Johnny Reb, knot, Limnodromus griseus, Reb, Rebel