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Civil War

Civ·il War


noun 
Definition:
 
1. 19C U.S. war: the civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the slave-owning states of the South

2. 17C English war: the civil war fought in England between the Royalist supporters of Charles I and the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell, between 1642 and 1648

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