Confederacy synonyms

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confederate-states-of-america
A nation existing from 1861-1865, consisting of the eleven Southern states who sought independence from the United States of America over the issue of slavery and states' rights.
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rebel states
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Southern Confederacy
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the South
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alliance
A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
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loose union
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dixieland
Dixieland jazz
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confederation
In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.
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conspiracy
The definition of a conspiracy is a secret plan to do something, or is the action of creating a secret plot.
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south
The cardinal point on the mariner's compass 180° clockwise from due north and directly opposite north.
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secessionists
Plural form of secessionist
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dixie
Any one of several songs bearing this name, popular as Confederate war songs.
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government (related)
The agency or apparatus through which a governing individual or body functions and exercises authority.
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anschluss
(Historical) Political annexation, specifically that of Austria into Germany in 1938. [from 1920s]
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bloc
A group of nations joined or acting together in mutual support
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cartel
A group of independent producers or sellers in a particular industry, or a group of businesses with a common interest, who have joined together to reduce competition between themselves by allocating markets, sharing knowledge, or controlling the price and production of a product or service. See also monopoly and oligopoly.
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coalition
A combination into one body; a union.
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federation
The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
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league
(Sports) A group of teams organized to compete against one another
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organization
A group of persons organized for a particular purpose; an association or business.
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connect (related)
An association, especially of nations for a common cause
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group (related)
(Chemistry) A functional entity consisting of certain atoms whose presence provides a certain property to a molecule, such as the methyl group.
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politics (related)
(Countable) A methodology and activities associated with running a government, an organization, or a movement.
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Confederate States
the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861
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Southern aristocracy
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the Rebs
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union
A set whose members belong to at least one of a group of two or more given sets. The union of the sets {1,2,3} and {3,4,5} is the set {1,2,3,4,5}, and the union of the sets {6,7} and {11,12,13} is the set {6,7,11,12,13}. The symbol for union is .
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  • Kenner as special commissioner to the courts of England and France to obtain recognition of the Confederacy on condition of the abolition of slavery.

  • At this time the Hatti empire or confederacy probably included, on the west, both Phrygia and Lydia.

  • The branch of the Franks - who were a confederacy, not a people - which gradually overspread Gallia Belgica, bore the name of the Salian Franks..

  • Several causes contributed to the formation of the first Confederacy of Delos.

  • The Delian confederacy lay completely under Athenian control, and the points of strategic importance were largely held by cleruchies (q.v.; see also Pericles) and garrisons.

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