Confédération — meaning in English
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English meaning
- confederacy noun An alliance or union of groups, states, or people joined for a common purpose.
- confederation noun A union of states or organizations that keep their own independence while cooperating on shared matters.
Senses
Confédération is used for these senses in English:
- Confederacy (historical) The Confederate States of America, the collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.
- confederacy An alliance.
- confederation A union or alliance of states or political organizations.