Definition of "secesh" []

• Secessionist, a supporter of the Confederacy during the United States Civil War. (noun)

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• "But the 'secesh' soldier has more than this -- he has the desperation of a traitor in a bad cause, of a fanatic and of a natural savage."
• "Wild rumors were running through the camp all day that the 'secesh' had been reinforced, were ten thousand strong, and, with forty pieces of cannon, would attack us that night."
• "The people were evidently strongly "secesh," although some of them professed to be glad to see us."