(n) United States social reformer who pioneered in the reform of prisons and in the treatment of the mentally ill; superintended women army nurses during the American Civil War (1802-1887), Syn.Dorothea Lynde Dix, Dorothea Dix
prop. n. 1. A colloquial name for the Southern portion of the United States, esp. during the Civil War. [ U.S. ] Syn. -- Dixieland, Dixie Land, the Confederacy, Confederate States of America, the South. Syn. -- . [ 1913 Webster ]
2. a song popular in the Confederate states during the American Civil War, and still played as a nostalgic anthem by those patriotic to the American south. It was written by Daniel D. Emmett in 1859. [ PJC ]
whistle Dixieto talk unrealistically; to engage in unrealistic or overoptimistic fantasies; as, that ain't just whistlin' Dixie. [ PJC ]
n. a former political party in the US; formed in 1948 by Southern Democrats opposed to the candidacy of Harry S. Truman. Syn. -- States' Rights Democratic Party. [ WordNet 1.5 ]
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เช่น Secretary of State=รัฐมนตรีต่างประเทศของสหรัฐฯ (ในภาพตัวอย่าง),
High school=โรงเรียนมัธยมปลาย
