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Confederate

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Noun

1. confederate

a supporter of the Confederate States of America

2. collaborator, confederate, henchman, partner in crime

someone who assists in a plot

3. accomplice, confederate

a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

Verb

4. band together, confederate

form a group or unite

Example Sentences:
'The groups banded together'

5. confederate

form a confederation with; of nations

Adjective

6. confederate

of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War

Example Sentences:
'Confederate soldiers'

7. allied, confederate, confederative

united in a confederacy or league

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Confederate

see synonyms of confederate
noun (kənˈfɛdərɪt , -ˈfɛdrɪt)
1. 
a nation, state, or individual that is part of a confederacy
2. 
someone who is part of a conspiracy; accomplice
adjective (kənˈfɛdərɪt , -ˈfɛdrɪt)
3. 
united in a confederacy; allied
verb (kənˈfɛdəˌreɪt )
4. 
to form into or become part of a confederacy
adjective
1. 
of, supporting, or relating to the Confederate States of America
noun
2. 
a supporter of the Confederate States of America

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Confederate

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adjective
1. 
united in a confederacy or league
2.  US; [C-]
of the Confederacy
noun
3. 
a person, group, nation, or state united with another or others for a common purpose; ally; associate
4. 
an associate in an unlawful act or plot; accomplice
5.  US; [C-]
any Southern supporter of the Confederacy
verb transitive, verb intransitiveWord forms: conˈfederˌated or conˈfederˌating
6. 
to unite in a confederacy; ally

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Confederate

see synonyms of confederate
n.
1. A member of a confederacy; an ally.
2. One who assists in a plot; an accomplice. See Synonyms at partner.
3. Confederate A supporter of the Confederate States of America.
adj.
1. United in a confederacy; allied.
2. Confederate Of or having to do with the Confederate States of America.
tr. & intr.v. (-ə-rāt′) con·fed·er·at·ed, con·fed·er·at·ing, con·fed·er·ates
To form into or become part of a confederacy.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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