Union — English Dictionary

Noun

1. The 0-10-2 locomotive wheel arrangement.

2. The canton of the United States flag: the portion of the flag containing stars on a blue background.

Proper noun

1. The United States of America.

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Dated
   • especially
   • Obsolete
   • with determiner

   Examples

   threats to secede from the Union

2. Those of the United States that did not secede at the time of the Civil War (of the United States of America).

   Usage

   • US usage
   • Historical
   • with determiner

   Examples

   Union troops at Gettysburg

3. The Soviet Union: the proper noun Union is the standard English translation of the proper noun Союз (Sojuz), and All-Union is the standard English translation of всесоюзный (vsesojuznyj).

   Usage

   • Historical
   • with determiner

   Examples

   throughout the Union, but nowhere more so than at the Center [Moscow]

4. Place names: A community in Central Elgin municipality, Elgin County, Ontario, Canada.

5. Place names: A barangay of Ubay, Bohol, Philippines.

6. Place names: A village on the south cast of the island of Siargao, Surigao del Norte, Philippines.

7. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A town in Greene County, Alabama.

8. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A ghost town in Merced County, California.

9. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A former unincorporated community in Napa County, California.

10. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Tolland County, Connecticut.

11. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A village in McHenry County, Illinois.

12. Place names: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clay Township, Pike County, Indiana.

13. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A tiny city in Hardin County, Iowa.

14. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A home rule city in Boone County, Kentucky.

15. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A town in Knox County, Maine.

16. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A town in Neshoba County and Newton County, Mississippi.

17. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Franklin County, Missouri.

18. Place names: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Clark County, Missouri.

19. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A village in Cass County, Nebraska.

20. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A village and census-designated place in the town of Wakefield, Carroll County, New Hampshire.

21. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A township in Hunterdon County, New Jersey.

22. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A township and census-designated place therein, in Union County, New Jersey.

23. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A hamlet in Madison County, New York.

24. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A large town in Broome County, New York.

25. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A city in Montgomery County and Miami County, Ohio.

26. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A city in Union County, Oregon.

27. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A city, the county seat of Union County, South Carolina.

28. Place names: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in Floyd County, Virginia.

29. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town, the county seat of Monroe County, West Virginia.

30. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Burnett County, Wisconsin.

31. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Door County, Wisconsin.

32. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community in Eau Claire County, Wisconsin.

33. Place names: A number of places in the United States: An unincorporated community in the town of Lima, Grant County, Wisconsin.

34. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Pierce County, Wisconsin.

35. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A town and unincorporated community in Rock County, Wisconsin.

36. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Vernon County, Wisconsin.

37. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A small town in Waupaca County, Wisconsin.

38. Place names: A number of places in the United States: A large number of other townships in the United States, listed under Union Township.

Proper noun

1. A surname.

Proper noun

1. The Oxford Union (a debating society); not to be conflated with Oxford University Student Union (a students' union).

   Usage

   • Informal

Adjective

1. being of or having to do with the northern United States and those loyal to the Union during the American Civil War

   Synonyms

   Federal

   Examples

   Union soldiers

   Federal forces

   More examples (1)

   a Federal infantryman