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Originally Posted by DeltAlum
Does anyone else find the term "Civil War" a really strange contridiction of terms.
How can any war be "civil?"
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MSN can be rather helpful:
civil
civ·il [
sívv'l ]
adjective Definition: 1.
polite: polite, but in a way that is cold and formal
2.
relating to citizens: relating to what happens within a state or between different citizens or groups of citizens
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civil war
Civ·il War
noun Definition: 1.
19C U.S. war: the civil war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865 between the North and the slave-owning states of the South
2.
17C English war: the civil war fought in England between the Royalist supporters of Charles I and the Parliamentarians led by Oliver Cromwell, between 1642 and 1648civ·il war (
plural civ·il wars)
noun Definition:
war within country: a war between opposing groups within a country