Confederate States of America

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plural noun

the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61.

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Also called the Confederacy.

Words nearby Confederate States of America

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How to use Confederate States of America in a sentence

In the 90s, it kept gay men out of leadership roles in the Boy Scouts of America.
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The simple, awful truth is that free speech has never been particularly popular in America.
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The most notorious states are Saudi Arabia and Pakistan, where death is an acceptable legal remedy.
In Defense of Blasphemy|Michael Tomasky|January 9, 2015|DAILY BEAST
It would became one of the first great mysteries in the United States of America, as it was only then 23 years old.
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Asian-Americans are a group of persuadable swing voters, growing faster than any other group in America today.
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As there are still many varieties of the plant grown in America, so there doubtless was when cultivated by the Indians.
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Most of my observations are in keeping with Skutch's detailed report of the species in Central America.
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Her eldest daughter married in America, and was well known as a modeller in wax in New York.
Women in the fine arts, from the Seventh Century B.C. to the Twentieth Century A.D.|Clara Erskine Clement
If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.
The Courier of the Ozarks|Byron A. Dunn
The streets here are rather wide for an Italian city but would be deemed intolerably narrow in America.
Glances at Europe|Horace Greeley

British Dictionary definitions for Confederate States of America

Confederate States of America

pl n

US history the 11 Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi) that seceded from the Union in 1861, precipitating a civil war with the North. The Confederacy was defeated in 1865 and the South reincorporated into the US

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