confederate states of america

1. 1.

   the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861

   SynonymsConfederacyConfederate StatesSouthDixieDixieland

   Broadergeographical area

   Partsslave state

Questions about confederate states of america

What does confederate states of america mean?

confederate states of america means "the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861".

What is another word for confederate states of america?

Close synonyms include Confederacy, Confederate States, South, Dixie, Dixieland. 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 confederate states of america a common word?

confederate states of america 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.