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noun

Coalition n.

The act of coalescing; union into a body or mass, as of separate bodies or parts; as, a coalition of atoms.

A combination, for temporary purposes, of persons, parties, or states, having different interests. "A coalition of the puritan and the blackleg." "The coalition between the religious and worldly enemies of popery."

Synonyms: Alliance; confederation; confederacy; league; combination; conjunction; conspiracy; union.

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Etymology of 'Coalition'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Coalition" Quotes from Famous Books

... theology and biology. He would have attacked, in England, the House of Lords instead of Oxford, and had an eye for the intellectuals who are beginning to sway the mighty power of the labor unions. He would have been a Radical-Conservative and voted against both the British Labor party and the Coalition. In America he would have lashed the trusts, execrated the Anti-Saloon League, admired and been exasperated by Mr. Wilson, hated the Republican party, and probably have voted for it lest worse follow its defeat. He would have been, ...

— Definitions • Henry Seidel Canby

... that Lord Chatham, the King of Prussia, nay, even Alexander the Great, never gained more in one campaign than Lord North had lost. He had lost a whole continent. When Lord North's ministry fell in 1782, Fox became a Secretary of State, resigning on the death of Rockingham. In coalition with Lord North, Fox brought in an India Bill, which was rejected by the Lords, and caused a resignation of the Ministry. Pitt then came into office, and there was rivalry between a Pitt and a Fox of the second generation, ...

— A History of the Early Part of the Reign of James the Second • Charles James Fox

... begin with the "little Welshman" but with a Roman Emperor, Diocletian, our first well-studied exemplar of the "coalition mind." These are the words with which, after a brilliant survey of the Prime Minister's career, ...

— When Winter Comes to Main Street • Grant Martin Overton

... This coalition took place in 1821. They then abandoned Astoria, and built a large establishment sixty miles up the river, on the right bank, which they called Fort Vancouver. This was in a neighborhood where provisions could be more readily ...

— Astoria - Or, Anecdotes Of An Enterprise Beyond The Rocky Mountains • Washington Irving

... by the discovery of their plans, by the flight of their leader, and by the treachery of the Blackfeet Chief, Running Stream, in surrendering their fellow-tribesmen to the Police. To them that treachery rendered impossible any coalition between the Piegans and the Blackfeet. Furthermore, before their powwow had been broken up there had been distributed among them a few bottles of whisky provided beforehand by the astute Sioux as a stimulus to their enthusiasm against a moment ...

— The Patrol of the Sun Dance Trail • Ralph Connor

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