Civil War en · PROPN
Etymology
Capitalization of civil war.
Meanings
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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.
2012, Faramerz Dabhoiwala, The Origins of Sex, Penguin, published 2013, page 46:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| the Civil War | canonical | lexicographic |
Deriveds
American Civil War (1861–1865) · Irish Civil War (1922–1923) · English Civil War (1642–1651)