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- Dictionarycon·fed·er·a·cy/kənˈfed(ə)rəsē/
noun
- 1. a league or alliance, especially of confederate states: "the Italian confederacy known as the Lombard League"
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Learn the meaning of confederacy as a group of people, countries, or states joined together for a common purpose or by a common interest. See synonyms, examples, and the history of the word confederacy in U.S. history.
A confederacy is a group of states or people who join together for a particular purpose, usually related to politics or trade. Learn more about the term and its usage in history, especially in the American Civil War, with examples and translations.
Confederacy The Confederate States of America; the government formed in 1861 by southern states that proclaimed their secession from the United States. Jefferson Davis was its president.
A confederacy is a political union. The most famous American confederacy consisted of the southern states who fought the northern states in the American Civil War.
Learn the meaning of confederacy as a noun, with examples of its usage in different contexts. Find out how confederacy relates to the American Civil War and the group of 11 southern states that seceded from the U.S.
A confederacy is a union of states, groups of people or political parties with the same aim. The Confederacy was the name of the eleven southern states of the US that seceded from the United States in 1860–1, starting the American Civil War.
A confederacy is a union of states or people who are trying to achieve the same thing. Learn the synonyms, pronunciation, and usage of the word confederacy, and see how it relates to the Confederacy in American history.
