american civil war

1. 1.

   civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865

   SynonymsUnited States Civil WarWar between the States

   Broadercivil war

   PartsAtlantaBull RunChancellorsvilleChattanoogaChickamaugaFredericksburg

   United States

Questions about american civil war

What does american civil war mean?

american civil war means "civil war in the United States between the North and the South; 1861-1865".

What is another word for american civil war?

Close synonyms include United States Civil War, War between the States. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is american civil war a common word?

american civil war is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.