Confederate Army
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6.5
- noun
- /kənˈfɛdərət ˈɑrmi/
:
Ejército Confederado
- I'm in the Confederate Army, not yours.
Of course, in the Confederate Army, Waddell was a spellbinder on the stump.
- Of course, in the Confederate Army, Waddell was a spellbinder on the stump.
- These are veterans of the Confederate Army who come home and are committed to continuing the war.
Examples
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"I enlisted in the Confederate Army in March 1862, when I was only fifteen years and six months old," he wrote.
Academic text (1992) -
Although most of the immigrants were sympathetic toward the Union cause during the Civil War, some in Texas served in the Confederate Army.
Academic text (1996) -
Those men were no longer members of the Confederate Army.
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Now, somewhere out there is the Confederate Army.
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We were in the Confederate Army together.
Fiction book (1991) -
Here comes a spy from the Confederate Army.
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These are veterans of the Confederate Army who come home and are committed to continuing the war.
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The Confederate Army of Tennessee was still intact and dangerous.
Academic text (2007) -
Keitt became a colonel in the Confederate Army.
Blog text (34) -
Long story short, he was a general in the Confederate Army.
Synonyms
Soldiers who fought for the Southern states in the American Civil War
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning is directly compositional: 'Confederate' (associated with the Confederate States) combined with 'army' (organized land forces) clearly yields 'the army belonging to the Confederate States.' This follows a common adjective+noun pattern that is cross-linguistically regular, so a B1 learner who knows both constituents would readily infer the basic referent (though precise historical dates require background knowledge).
Etymology
Confederate Army comes from the 'Confederate States', when several southern U.S. states joined together and formed their own country before the 'Civil War'. So Confederate (the group of states) plus Army means the soldiers of that southern country, which is why the phrase refers to the army of the southern states during the 'Civil War'.