union¹ /ūˈnyən or ūˈni-ən/

1. A uniting
2. The state of being united
3. The state of wedlock
4. A united whole
5. Combination
6. A growing together in healing
7. General concord
8. The incorporation of states in a federation or in a single state
9. A single state (or sometimes a federation) formed in this way
10. An association or league, esp a trade union
11. A students' club
12. Formerly, a combination of parishes for poor-law purposes
13. Its workhouse or poorhouse
14. A connecting part for pipes, etc
15. A device emblematic of union shown on a flag
16. The same device used separately as a flag, such as the Union Jack
17. A textile fabric of more than one kind of fibre
18. The set formed from all the elements present in two (or more) sets (mathematics)

ūnˈionism noun

(also with cap)

ūnˈionist noun

1. An advocate or supporter of or believer in union or trade unions
2. A member of a trade union
3. (with cap) an opponent of Irish Home Rule, esp a Liberal Unionist (see under liberal), hence, a Conservative
4. (with cap) a supporter of the federal union of the United States, esp at the time of the Civil War

1. Of or relating to trade unions
2. (with cap) of or relating to Unionists

ūnionīzāˈtion or ūnionīsāˈtion noun

ūnˈionize or ūnˈionise transitive verb

1. To recruit into a trade union
2. To organize the workforce of (a body, company or industry) into a trade union

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