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civil war

noun

Etymology

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.

  1. derived from inġewinn
  2. derived from from 1651 in reference to the English Civil War
  3. derived from bellum cīvīle

Definitions

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

    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.
    • The “little green men”—faces covered, wearing unmarked olive uniforms, speaking Russian and using Russian weapons—have played a significant role in both the occupation of Crimea and the civil war in eastern Ukraine.¹⁹⁶

  2. 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.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA