confederacy
[noun]
Synonyms: union, alliance, coalition, confederation, federation, league

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Confederacy, the (also the Conˌfederate ˈStates)
in the American Civil War, the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost. Their most famous leaders were Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. lee.

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con‧fed‧e‧ra‧cy /kənˈfedərəsi/ noun (plural confederacies) [countable]
a confederation

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Confederacy, the (also the Conˌfederate ˈStates)
in the American Civil War, the southern states of the US, which fought the northern states (the Union) and lost. Their most famous leaders were Jefferson Davis and General Robert E. lee.

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