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Definition of Confederate
1. Adjective. Of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War. "Confederate soldiers"
2. Verb. Form a group or unite. "The groups banded together"
Generic synonyms: Unify, Unite
Derivative terms: Confederation, Confederation, Confederation
3. Noun. A supporter of the Confederate States of America.
Generic synonyms: Southerner, Admirer, Booster, Champion, Friend, Protagonist, Supporter
4. Adjective. United in a confederacy or league.
5. Verb. Form a confederation with; of nations.
Derivative terms: Confederacy, Confederation, Confederation, Confederative
6. Noun. Someone who assists in a plot.
7. Noun. A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan).
Generic synonyms: Assistant, Help, Helper, Supporter
Specialized synonyms: Decoy, Steerer
Definition of Confederate
1. a. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
2. n. 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.
3. v. t. To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
4. v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
Definition of Confederate
1. Adjective. Of or relating to the Confederate States of America. ¹
2. Adjective. (Newfoundland) Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. ¹
3. Noun. A supporter or resident of the Confederate States of America. ¹
4. Noun. (Newfoundland) A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada. ¹
5. Noun. a member of a confederacy ¹
6. Noun. an accomplice in a plot ¹
7. Noun. (psychology) 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'). ¹
8. Adjective. of, relating to, or united in a confederacy ¹
9. Adjective. banded together; allied. ¹
10. Verb. To combine into a confederacy. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Confederate
1. [v -ATED, -ATING, -ATES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Confederate
Literary usage of Confederate
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1886)
"Smith the court held that the plaintiff was entitled to recover the actual value
of the confederate notes at the time and place of contract in lawful money ..."
2. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"Now, we ask what other "ready money" was then in circulation at Charlotte, NC,
except confederate currency? (e) The trustees in their answer state: "Xor ..."
3. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1868)
"In May last I forwarded to you a note, desiring to know whether the confederate
authorities intended to treat colored soldiers of the united States army as ..."
4. The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives by Frank Moore, Edward Everett (1867)
"Shortly afterwards Emerson was arrested by order of a confederate Provost-Marshal
and carried before him and questioned as to his refusal to receive ..."
5. Southern History of the War by Edward Alfred Pollard (1865)
"The President's Declaration to the confederate Congress of 1863-64.—"Want of
Capacity" in the ... At the meeting of the confederate Congress, in December, ..."
6. The Federalist: A Commentary on the Constitution of the United States by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, John Jay, Paul Leicester Ford (1898)
"SECTION I. ' All legislative powers herein delegated shall bt vested in a Congress
of the confederate States, which shall consist of a Senate and House of ..."
7. The Spirit of Laws: Translated from the French of M. de Secondat, Baron de by Charles de Secondat Montesquieu (1794)
"That a confederate Government ought to be ... in a confederate Republic. IN the
republic of Holland one province cannot conclude an alliance without the ..."
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