单词 | confederacy |
释义 | confederacy[ kuhn-fed-er-uh-see, -fed-ruh-see ] / kənˈfɛd ər ə si, -ˈfɛd rə si / SEE SYNONYMS FOR confederacy ON THESAURUS.COM noun, plural con·fed·er·a·cies.an alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose. a group of persons, parties, states, etc., united by such a confederacy. a combination of persons for unlawful purposes; conspiracy. the Confederacy. Confederate States of America. Origin of confederacy1350–1400; Middle English confederacie<Anglo-French; see confederate, -acy Words nearby confederacyconfectionary, confectioner, confectioners' sugar, confectionery, confed., confederacy, confederal, confederate, Confederate jasmine, Confederate Memorial Day, Confederate States of America Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for confederacyBritish Dictionary definitions for confederacy (1 of 2)confederacy / (kənˈfɛdərəsɪ, -ˈfɛdrəsɪ) / noun plural -ciesa union or combination of peoples, states, etc; alliance; league a combination of groups or individuals for unlawful purposes Derived forms of confederacyconfederal, adjectiveWord Origin for confederacyC14: from Anglo-French confederacie, from Late Latin confoederātiō agreement, confederation British Dictionary definitions for confederacy (2 of 2)Confederacy / (kənˈfɛdərəsɪ, -ˈfɛdrəsɪ) / nounthe Confederacy another name for Confederate States of America Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Cultural definitions for confederacyConfederacy The Confederate States of America; the government formed in 1861 by southern states that proclaimed their secession from the United States. Jefferson Davis was its president. The Confederacy was dissolved after the Civil War. (Compare Union.) The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved. |
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