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seceshes

seceshes is the plural of secesh.

Meaning of secesh

Noun

secesh (plural seceshes or secesh)

  1. (US, historical, informal) A secessionist, a supporter of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War.
    • […] I think they buried more secesh than our folks.
      Question. How did they bury them?
      Answer. They buried the secesh over back of the fort, all except those on Fort Hill; them they buried up on top of the hill where the gunboats shelled them.1888, Joseph Thomas Wilson, The Black Phalanx: A History of the Negro Soldiers of the United States in the War of 1775-1812, 1861-'65, page 332

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What is seceshes the plural of?
Seceshes is the plural of secesh.

Words near seceshes in the dictionary

  1. secernments
  2. secerns
  3. secesh
  4. secesher
  5. seceshers
  6. seceshes
  7. secess
  8. secession
  9. secession war
  10. secession wars
  11. Secession Winter

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