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单词 confederacy
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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•fed•er•a•cy /kənˈfɛdərəsi/USA pronunciation   n. [countable], pl. -cies. 
  1. Governmentan alliance between persons, states, etc., to achieve some purpose.
  2. American Historythe Confederacy, [uncountable] Confederate States of America.
See -fed-.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024
con•fed•er•a•cy  (kən fedər ə sē, -fedrə sē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -cies. 
  1. Governmentan alliance between persons, parties, states, etc., for some purpose.
  2. Governmenta group of persons, parties, states, etc., united by such a confederacy.
  3. a combination of persons for unlawful purposes;
    conspiracy.
  4. American History the Confederacy. See Confederate States of America. 
  • Anglo-French; see confederate, -acy
  • Middle English confederacie 1350–1400

Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
confederacy /kənˈfɛdərəsɪ -ˈfɛdrəsɪ/ n ( pl -cies)
  1. a union or combination of peoples, states, etc; alliance; league
  2. a combination of groups or individuals for unlawful purposes
Etymology: 14th Century: from Anglo-French confederacie, from Late Latin confoederātiō agreement, confederation

conˈfederal adj
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
Confederacy /kənˈfɛdərəsɪ -ˈfɛdrəsɪ/ n
  1. the Confederacy
    another name for Confederate States of America
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