Definitions for the word "union" from multiple English dictionaries.
1. n.
The act of uniting or joining two or more things into one, or the state of being united or joined; junction; coalition; combination.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
2. n.
Agreement and conjunction of mind, spirit, will, affections, or the like; harmony; concord.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
3. n.
That which is united, or made one; something formed by a combination or coalition of parts or members; a confederation; a consolidated body; a league; as, the weavers have formed a union; trades unions have become very numerous; the United States of America are often called the Union.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
4. n.
A textile fabric composed of two or more materials, as cotton, silk, wool, etc., woven together.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
5. n.
A large, fine pearl.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
6. n.
A device emblematic of union, used on a national flag or ensign, sometimes, as in the military standard of Great Britain, covering the whole field; sometimes, as in the flag of the United States, and the English naval and marine flag, occupying the upper inner corner, the rest of the flag being called the fly. Also, a flag having such a device; especially, the flag of Great Britain.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
7. n.
A joint or other connection uniting parts of machinery, or the like, as the elastic pipe of a tender connecting it with the feed pipe of a locomotive engine; especially, a pipe fitting for connecting pipes, or pipes and fittings, in such a way as to facilitate disconnection.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
8. n.
A cask suspended on trunnions, in which fermentation is carried on.
Source: The 1913 Webster Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
9. n.
1 uniting or being united. 2 a whole formed from parts or members. B political unit so formed. 3 = *trade union. 4 marriage. 5 concord (perfect union). 6 (union) a university social club and (at oxbridge) debating society. B buildings of this. 7 math. Totality of the members of two or more sets. 8 mixed fabric, e.g. Cotton with linen or silk. [latin unus one]
Source: Oxford English Dictionary, 1884
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