Border States
Americanplural noun
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U.S. History. the Slave States of Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, which refused to secede from the Union in 1860–61.
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the U.S. states touching the Canadian border.
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certain countries of central and northern Europe that border on the former Soviet Union and belonged to the Russian Empire: Finland, Poland (prior to 1940), Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
Example Sentences
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He owed his victory to Illinois, most of the smaller states in the West and Middle West, and particularly to the South and the Border States.
From Time Magazine Archive
Senator from Kentucky, as the vice-presidential prospect most likely to help the ticket in the Border States and the South.
From Time Magazine Archive
Despite his comparative obscurity, Agnew will have wide appeal in the crucial Border States and possibly even in the Deep South.
From Time Magazine Archive
Smith would have to carry most of the Border States to be within striking distance.
From Time Magazine Archive
In the inflamed condition of public sentiment in the Border States on the negro question this was very impolitic, and the President promptly overruled the order.
From The Struggle for Missouri by McElroy, John
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