civil war
see also: Civil War
Noun
Civil War
Proper noun
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see also: Civil War
Noun
civil war (plural civil wars)
- A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
- intestine war
- French: guerre civile, guerre intestine
- German: Bürgerkrieg
- Italian: guerra civile
- Portuguese: guerra civil
- Russian: гражда́нская война́
- Spanish: guerra civil
Civil War
Proper noun
- Any of several civil wars, taken specifically.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 46:
- 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.
- 2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin 2013, p. 46:
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