Definition of Confederates

1. Noun. (plural of Confederate) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of confederate) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Confederates

1. confederate [v] - See also: confederate

Lexicographical Neighbors of Confederates

confections
confectory
confects
confeder
confederacies
confederacy
confederal
confederalism
confederalisms
confederalist
confederalists
confederate
confederate jasmine
confederated
confederately
confederates (current term)
confederateship
confederateships
confederating
confederation
confederationism
confederationist
confederationists
confederations
confederative
confederator
confederators
confedered
confedering
confeders

Literary usage of Confederates

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The English Works of Thomas Hobbes of Malmesbury by Thomas ( Hobbes (1843)
"That the Lacedaemonians and their confederates shall not invade any the territories of the king to harm them ; nor the king, the territories of the ..."

2. Dictionary of National Biography by LESLIE. STEPHEN (1885)
"Edward instantly threatened vengeance, and Warwick and his confederates met at Worcester to ... On 16 Oct. 1313 j the confederates were finally pardoned, ..."

3. The Book of Days: A Miscellany of Popular Antiquities in Connection with the by Robert Chambers (1832)
"Other confederates were gradually assumed, and in a secluded house in Lambeth, oaths of secrecy were taken, and the communion administered to the ..."

4. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"Shreveport, the Grand Objective Point.—Kirby Smith's Designs.— General Green's Cavalry Fight.—BATTLE or MANSFIELD.—Success of the confederates. ..."

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