confederacy
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confederacy¹
- /kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/
Where it comes from
From Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederation.
noun confederacies · confœderacy
- An alliance.
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A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre.
Similar: confederation
- Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America. The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux.
Confederacy²
proper noun the Confederacy
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The collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.
Christmas of 1862 had been a happy one for Atlanta, for the whole South. The Confederacy had scored a smashing victory at Fredericksburg and the Yankee dead and wounded were counted in the thousands.
Similar: Confederate States of America, South
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: dixie, confederation, federation, dixieland, conspiracy, south, confederate, federal, southern, sud, etuc, union, league, alliance, coalition, partnership
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noun an alliance
| Español | confederación |
|---|---|
| Português | confederação |
| Français | confédération |
| Deutsch | Konföderation |
| Italiano | confederazione |
| Română | confederație |
name Confederate States of America
| Français | Confédération |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Konföderation |
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