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confederated Definition


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confederate
noun
    1. A member of a confederacy.
    2. A friend or an ally; an accomplice or a fellow conspirator.
      Thesaurus: conspirator, accomplice, accessory, partisan, ally, colleague, supporter.
    (US)
    3. historical
      A supporter of the Confederacy.
      Form: Confederate
adj
    1. Allied; united.
    (US)
    2. historical
      Belonging to the Confederacy.
      Form: Confederate
verb
    tr & intr
    confederated, confederating
    1. To unite into or become part of a confederacy.
      Thesaurus: unite, incorporate, merge, bind, federate.
Etymology: 14c: from Latin confoederatus, from confoederare to unite in a league.



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