[ARCH- 1, 2.] Chief rebel, leader of rebellion. Hence Arch-rebellious a.

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1583.  Ld. Burleigh, Exec. Treason (1675), 33. An end due to such an Arch-rebel.

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1611.  Speed, Hist. Gt. Brit., IX. ix. 102. The Arch-rebellious Earle of Leicester.

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1648.  Milton, Observ. Art. Peace, Wks. 1847, 263/2. Dillon … and other arch-rebels.

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1765.  Tucker, Lt. Nat., I. 508. The arch rebel … would pinch me to nothing with a gripe of his iron claw.

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1853.  Talfourd, Castil., V. iv. The brother of the arch-rebel’s wife?

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