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confederate Definition

con·fed·er·ate (kən fed′ər it; for v., -āt′)

adjective

  1. united in a confederacy or league
  2. ☆ of the Confederacy

Etymology: ME confederat < LL confoederatus, pp. of confoederare, to unite by a league < foedus, a league: see faith

noun

  1. a person, group, nation, or state united with another or others for a common purpose; ally; associate
  2. an associate in an unlawful act or plot; accomplice
  3. ☆ any Southern supporter of the Confederacy

transitive verb, intransitive verb -·at′ed, -·at′·ing

to unite in a confederacy; ally

confederate Synonyms

confederate

modif.

federated, combined, confederated, federate, in alliance, incorporated, corporate, united, federal, unionized, syndicated, amalgamated, leagued, allied, associated, organized, in league, in cahoots*; see also joined, united.

confederate Synonyms

confederate

n.

ally, accomplice, associate, partner;

Confederate Synonyms

Confederate

modif.

secessionist, Rebel, Southern, slave, slaveholding, south of the Mason Dixon line.

Confederate Synonyms

Confederate

n.

Southerner, secessionist, one of the Gray, Johnny Reb*; see rebel 1.

confederate Usage Examples

Object

  • tribe: To play for the confederated tribes a business where.
  • state: Country Overview Senegal is bordered by Guinea-Bissau, Mali and Mauritania and encloses the confederated state of The Gambia.

Converse of object

  • have: Unless you had a confederate at Bath I do not know how to send you anything.
  • hate: However, the Confederates hated Seward for his well-known opposition to slavery.
  • force: Sherman took Atlanta and forced the Confederates to retreat north to Tennessee.

Converse of subject

own: Hunter also issued a statement that all slaves owned by Confederates in the area were free.

Adjective modifier

  • Irish: In July 1644, a small band of Irish Confederates, led by Alasdair MacColla MacDonald, landed on the west coast of Scotland.
  • other: Fact: Neither Shipi nor any other potential confederate was permitted in the target area during the tests.
  • potential: Fact: Neither Shipi nor any other potential confederate was permitted in the target area during the tests.
  • former: He offered pardons to all former Confederates and promised to recommend compensation of slave owners for their losses.
  • late: As to the second reason, any feeling of personal resentment toward the late Confederates I would not counsel or cherish.

Modifies a noun

  • flag: He even tried to get the confederate flag removed from Georgia's own flag.
  • army: The Choctaw and other tribes in Indian territory allied with the confederacy and contributed troops to the confederate army.
  • soldier: The second poem that blessed me was by an old confederate soldier in the American Civil War.
  • troop: As a young child, Robert entertained confederate troops with his singing and dancing at a retirement home in Georgia.
  • gold: Adventurer Dirk Pitt is lured to Africa by a mysterious ship full of confederate gold that's been missing since the American Civil War.

Modifying Another Word

Preposition: in

  • crime: They were ALL confederates in the same unknown crime.
  • area: Hunter also issued a statement that all slaves owned by Confederates in the area were free.

Preposition: of

experimenter: Unknown to the subject the other people were confederates of the experimenter.