Confederate

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  • noun. A member of a confederacy; an ally.
  • noun. One who assists in a plot; an accomplice. synonym: partner.
  • noun. A supporter of the Confederate States of America.
  • adjective. United in a confederacy; allied.
  • adjective. Of or having to do with the Confederate States of America.
  • transitive & intransitive verb . To form into or become part of a confederacy.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To unite in a league or alliance; join in a mutual contract or covenant.
  • To cause to unite in a league; ally.
  • United in a league; allied by compact or treaty; engaged in a confederacy; leagued; pertaining to a confederacy.
  • Specifically [capitalized] Pertaining to the Confederate States of America: as, the Confederate government or army.
  • noun. One who is united or banded with another or others in a compact or league; a person or nation engaged in a confederacy; an ally; an associate; an accomplice.
  • noun. Specifically A citizen or subject of one of a number of confederated states; specifically (with a capital), a citizen or soldier of any one of the southern States of the American Union which formed the Confederate States of America, who participated in or sympathized with the attempt to destroy the Union by secession and the prosecution of the civil war.
  • noun. Synonyms Friend, Companion, etc. (see associate), accomplice, accessory, abetter, fellow-conspirator.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. 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.
  • noun. A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
  • transitive verb. To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
  • intransitive verb. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
  • adjective. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
  • adjective. 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.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. a member of a confederacy
  • noun. an accomplice in a plot
  • noun. An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a 'stooge').
  • adjective. of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
  • adjective. banded together; allied.
  • verb. To combine into a confederacy.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a supporter of the Confederate States of America
  • adjective. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
  • verb. form a group or unite
  • noun. someone who assists in a plot
  • adjective. united in a confederacy or league
  • noun. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
  • verb. form a confederation with; of nations
  • Word Usage
    "Using the term confederate is code for white supremacy and putting those of color in their place."
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