name
Meaning 1
A surname.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Standard Lemma guide
Sobel
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CMU ARPABET: S OW1 B AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A government soldier who joined the rebels during the Sierra Leone civil war.
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History
Etymology
Ultimately from Old East Slavic соболь (sobolĭ).
From the phrase "soldier by day, rebel by night", referring to soldiers who would secretly cooperate with rebels to enrich themselves.