Confederacy - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈfedərəsɪ|
Brit.
|kənˈfed(ə)rəsɪ|
noun
- the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861 (syn: dixie, south)
- a union of political organizations (syn: confederation, federation)
- a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose (syn: conspiracy)
- a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act (syn: conspiracy)
- a union of political organizations (syn: confederation, federation)
- a group of conspirators banded together to achieve some harmful or illegal purpose (syn: conspiracy)
- a secret agreement between two or more people to perform an unlawful act (syn: conspiracy)
Extra examples
...the acts of espionage on behalf of the Confederacy carried on by Belle Boyd and Rose Greenhow...
That country had already acceded to the confederacy.
Word forms
noun
singular: confederacy
plural: confederacies
singular: confederacy
plural: confederacies
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