confederacy
/kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/
confederacy noun: an alliance.
Noun
confederacy (plural confederacies)
- An alliance.
- A state where the sovereign constituent units delegate their authority to the centre.
- Synonyms:
- confederation
- Specifically, an instance of a decentralized governing structure among the indigenous peoples of North America.
- The Blackfoot, Iroquois, and Sioux peoples all were governed as confederacies. There were also multi-ethnic confederacies, such as the Iron Confederacy made up of the Plains Cree, Assiniboine, Stoney, and Saulteaux.
Proper noun capitalized: Confederacy
the Confederacy
- The collection of American states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61, and fought against the Union in the American Civil War.
- Christmas of 1862 had been a happy one for Atlanta, for the whole South. The Confederacy had scored a smashing victory at Fredericksburg and the Yankee dead and wounded were counted in the thousands.1936 June 30, Margaret Mitchell, Gone with the Wind, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company, published June 1944, →OCLC, part II, page 252
- Synonyms:
- Confederate States of America, South
confederacy meaning in Marathi, Urdu, Bengali and Telugu
confederacy in Marathi
- confederacy, league
- कट kaṭ
confederacy in Urdu
- شرکت
confederacy in Bengali
- জোট, সঙ্ঘ
confederacy in Telugu
- కాన్ఫెడరసీ
More languagesFewer languages
- confederacy in Malayalam
- രാഷ്ട്രസഖ്യം
- confederacy in Kannada
- ಒಕ್ಕೂಟ, ನಾಡಕೂಟ
- confederacy in Gujarati
- કોન્ફેડેરેસી, કોન્ફેડરેસી
- confederacy in Odia
- କନଫେଡେରେସି, କନଫେଡେରେସୀ
- confederacy in Nepali
- कन्फेडेरेसी, कन्फेडरेसी
Synonyms of confederacy
Forms of confederacy
| plural | confederacies |
|---|---|
| alternative form (obsolete) | confœderacy |
Origin of confederacy
From Middle English confederacie, from Anglo-Norman confederacie, from Latin cōnfoederātiō. Doublet of confederation.
Words formed from confederacy
Phrases with confederacy
Questions about confederacy
- What does confederacy mean?
- Confederacy means an alliance.
- What is confederacy in Marathi?
- Confederacy in Marathi is कट (kaṭ). See Confederacy meaning in Marathi.
- What part of speech is confederacy?
- Confederacy can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce confederacy?
- Confederacy is pronounced /kənˈfɛdəɹəsi/.
- What is the plural of confederacy?
- The plural of confederacy is confederacies.
Words near confederacy in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: confederacy (page history and authors); Confederacy (page history and authors); कट (Marathi) (page history and authors); confederacy (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); confederacy (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); confederacy (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confederacy (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); confederacy (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); confederacy (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confederacy (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); confederacy (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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