Confederate - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|kənˈfedərət|
Brit.
|kənˈfedərət|
noun
- a supporter of the Confederate States of America
- someone who assists in a plot (syn: collaborator, henchman)
- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) (syn: accomplice)
- someone who assists in a plot (syn: collaborator, henchman)
- a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) (syn: accomplice)
verb
- form a group or unite
- form a confederation with; of nations
- form a confederation with; of nations
adjective
- of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
- united in a confederacy or league (syn: allied)
- united in a confederacy or league (syn: allied)
Extra examples
...the police were able to track down his confederates once the thief started talking...
...the nations confederated in order to lower international trade barriers...
The thief escaped, but his confederate was apprehended.
The young woman was his confederate, of course.
Canada decided to confederate and become a nation.
...the Union and the Confederate accounts of the battle don't dovetail at all...
Many of the Confederate troops dropped back to better cover. воен.
In 1865, the Confederate Army surrendered.
They styled their nation 'The Confederate States'
Word forms
noun
singular: confederate
plural: confederates
singular: confederate
plural: confederates
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