Confederate States of America
plural noun
the group of 11 Southern states that seceded from the United States in 1860–61.
Also called
the Confederacy.
British Dictionary definitions for confederate states of america
Confederate States of America
pl n
US history
the 11 Southern states (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Texas, Virginia, Tennessee, Louisiana, and Mississippi) that seceded from the Union in 1861, precipitating a civil war with the North. The Confederacy was defeated in 1865 and the South reincorporated into the US