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Union

noun

1.

An organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer. Synonyms: brotherhood, labor union, trade union, trades union.

2.

The United States (especially the northern states during the American Civil War). Synonym: North. "Lee hoped to detach Maryland from the Union" , "The North's superior resources turned the scale"

3.

The act of pairing a male and female for reproductive purposes. Synonyms: conjugation, coupling, mating, pairing, sexual union. "The mating of some species occurs only in the spring"

4.

The state of being joined or united or linked. Synonym: unification.

5.

The state of being a married couple voluntarily joined for life (or until divorce). Synonyms: marriage, matrimony, spousal relationship, wedlock. "God bless this union"

6.

Healing process involving the growing together of the edges of a wound or the growing together of broken bones. Synonym: conglutination.

7.

A political unit formed from previously independent people or organizations.

8.

A set containing all and only the members of two or more given sets. Synonyms: join, sum.

9.

The occurrence of a uniting of separate parts.

10.

A device on a national flag emblematic of the union of two or more sovereignties (typically in the upper inner corner).

11.

The act of making or becoming a single unit. Synonyms: conjugation, jointure, unification, uniting. "He looked forward to the unification of his family for the holidays"

adjective

1.

Being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. Synonym: Federal. "Federal forces" , "A Federal infantryman"

2.

Of trade unions. "Union negotiations" , "A union-shop clause in the contract"

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"Union" Quotes from Famous Books

... will satisfy the Catholics at large that the act is done for the restitution of religion," answered Catesby; "and the heretics, that it was to prevent the Union sought to be established ...

— It Might Have Been - The Story of the Gunpowder Plot • Emily Sarah Holt

... to strengthen this bond by giving Pompey his daughter Julia for his wife. Julia, though so young—even her father was six years younger than Pompey—was devotedly attached to her husband, and he was equally fond of her. She formed, in fact, a strong bond of union between the two great conquerors as long as she lived. One day, however, there was a riot at an election, and men were killed so near to Pompey that his robe was covered with blood. He changed it; the servants carried ...

— History of Julius Caesar • Jacob Abbott

... original stronghold of character which rests upon native mental characteristics and early home influences. We have in mind not the objective unity of different studies considered as complete and related sciences, nor any general model to which each mind is to be conformed, but the practical union of all the experiences and knowledge that find ...

— The Elements of General Method - Based on the Principles of Herbart • Charles A. McMurry

... knew just when to bring him a second pot, fresh and smoking. "And more cream, Oscar, please. You know I like lots of cream," the doctor murmured, as he opened the square envelope, marked in the upper right-hand corner, "Everett House, Union Square." The text of the ...

— Song of the Lark • Willa Cather

... responsibility for the proper restraint rested upon the President with reference to the incidents which occurred around New Orleans. The fact that forbidden acts committed within the jurisdiction of a State of the Union escape punishment within that State does not relieve the central government of responsibility to foreign governments for such acts. In view of this fact the citizens of the separate States should remember the consequences which may result from their acts. The warning ...

— Neutral Rights and Obligations in the Anglo-Boer War • Robert Granville Campbell

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