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Civil war

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.

    "Puritans had always been only a minority, albeit one with disproportionate influence. The Civil War of the 1640s, which culminated in the execution of Charles I in 1649 and the establishment of a republic, gave them supreme power."

Noun
  1. 1
    A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.

    "Our Father’s Death Would fill up all the Guilt of Civil War, And cloſe the Scene of Blood."

  2. 2
    a war between factions in the same country wordnet

Etymology

Etymology 1

Calque of Latin bellum cīvīle, in English from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War, with possible early use in the 15th and 16th centuries as wer cyuile or ciuill warre. Displaced native Old English inġewinn.

Etymology 2

Capitalization of civil war.

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