» confederate states of america

Noun (1 meaning)

1. the southern states that seceded from the United States in 1861.

Confederacy, Confederate States, Confederate States of America, South, Dixie, Dixieland

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  • slave state (noun) - any of the southern states in which slavery was legal prior to the American Civil War
Attribute:
  • south (adjective) - situated in or facing or moving toward or coming from the south
  • southern (adjective) - in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line