Found 3 items, similar to Confederate.
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Confederate
Confederate
adj 1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the
Civil War;
“Confederate soldiers”
2: united in a confederacy or league [syn:
allied,
confederative]
Confederate
n 1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America
2: someone who assists in a plot [syn:
collaborator,
henchman,
partner in crime]
3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn:
accomplice]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Confederate
Confederate
\Con*fed"er*ate\, v. i.
To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or
covenant; to band together.
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By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South.
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Confederate
\Con*fed"er*ate\, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of
confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to
establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact.
See
Federal.]
1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a
confederacy; banded together; allied.
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All the swords
In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. --Shak.
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2. (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the
eleven Southern States of the United States which
(1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation
styled the Confederate States of America; as, the
Confederate congress; Confederate money.
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Confederate
\Con*fed"er*ate\, n.
1. One who is united with others in a league; a person or a
nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; also, an
accomplice in a bad sense.
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He found some of his confederates in gaol.
--Macaulay.
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2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause
of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union
(1860-1865).
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Confederate
\Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n.
Confederating.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
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With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel.
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