Troops
Union
Union noun - The act or an instance of joining two or more things into one.
Mutual synonyms
Both words in one sentence
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Firefly was partially inspired by journals of Confederate soldiers on the frontier from The American Civil War, and the Unification War and aftermath has its similarities (Alliance occupation troops in the series' present = Union occupation troops during Reconstruction, for instance).
Source: Fantasy Conflict Counterpart - William Tecumseh Sherman, of the Union army, was known to his troops as "Uncle Billy," although he was known to the people of Georgia by much less printable names.
Source: A Father To His Men / Real Life - In the Soviet Union during The Great Patriotic War the Commisars were the ones authorized to order the killings of Soviet troops who retreated, deserted or in ways "sabotaged" the Soviet war effort.
Source: Names To Run Away From / Titles
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Union and Troops. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/troops/union
Troops & Union. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/troops/union>.
Union or Troops. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/troops/union.
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