COPPERHEAD

Copperhead

The Copperheads were a vocal group of Democrats located in the Northern United States of the Union who opposed the American Civil War, wanting an immediate peace settlement with the Confederates. Republicans started calling antiwar Democrats "Copperheads", likening them to the venomous snake. The Peace Democrats accepted the label, reinterpreting the copper "head" as the likeness of Liberty, which they cut from copper pennies and proudly wore as badges.

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copperhead

Noun

  1. Any of various types of snakes having a copper-colored head.
    1. , a venomous pit viper species found in parts of North America.
    2. , or Australian copperhead, a genus of venomous elapids found in southern Australia and Tasmania.
    3. , the copperhead rat snake, a non-venomous species found in southern Asia.
    4. , the Chinese copperhead, a venomous pit viper species found in Southeast Asia
  2. Someone with ginger hair.


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