Confederacy
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- noun
- /kənˈfɛdərəsi/
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Estados Confederados de América
- At that point of the war, had it been established an actual city, it would've been the fifth largest city in the Confederacy.
- Confederacy during the Civil War
- Union and Confederacy
- flag of the Confederacy
Now, technically, this was not a State of the Union because I think in this timeline, the Confederacy won, right?
- Now, technically, this was not a State of the Union because I think in this timeline, the Confederacy won, right?
- What we hate is slavery and what we hate is the Confederacy trying to destroy the United States of America.
- You understand that Abraham Lincoln fought and died fighting the Confederacy to free slaves.
- They just spent millions and millions of dollars to defeat the Confederacy.
- Mexico, Spain, I think France, the Confederacy, the United States itself, and the Republic of Texas.
Examples
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When the Civil War broke out, Ellison supported the Confederacy, investing in Confederate bonds and supplying food and provisions for the Confederate army.
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Now that Tennessee has left the Union and joined the Confederacy, I denounce Andrew Johnson as a traitor to the sovereign state of Tennessee!
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For whatever reason, he had been no friend of the Confederacy or the southern war effort.
Fiction book (1998) -
Three men who were not in the military supported the Confederacy as artists.
Academic text (2008) -
The Confederacy never made a gold dollar.
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In very little time, the Confederacy defined itself as an independent, sovereign nation.
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I merely wish to know if the witness has ever visited the capital of the Confederacy.
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If Richmond falls while the Army of Northern Virginia lives, the Confederacy can stay alive.
Fiction book (1992) -
The political history of the Confederacy has generally been poorly served by historians.
Academic text (1993) -
During the American Civil War, the southern states formed a political alliance known as the Confederacy.
Synonyms
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The southern states of the United States that joined the Confederacy during the Civil War
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The group of southern U.S. states that left the United States to form the Confederacy in 1861
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A group of southern states that left the United States to form their own government from 1861 to 1865
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A group of 11 southern US states that left in 1861 to form their own government during the Civil War
The southern states of the United States that broke away during the Civil War
Compounds
A group of Native American tribes led by the Muskogee people in the southeastern United States before moving to Oklahoma
Surface Forms
Morphology
Confederacy = Confederate (semi-transparent) = con + feder + acy
If a learner knows 'Confederate', the suffix suggests a state or body associated with Confederates, but the exact Civil War referent is not fully predictable from morphology alone.
Etymology
Confederacy comes from Latin parts con- ('together') and foedus ('treaty' or 'league'). So a confederacy is a group 'joined together by agreement', which is why the southern states that left the United States called themselves a confederacy.