civil war
Meaning
Noun
- A war fought between factions of the inhabitants of a single country, or a similar political entity.
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Origin
- , 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 .
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