Confederate (n.)

  1. a supporter of the Confederate States of America

    [ Syn: confederate , confederate ]

  2. someone who assists in a plot

    [ Syn: collaborator , henchman , partner in crime ]

  3. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)

    [ Syn: accomplice ]

    Confederate (adj.)

  1. of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; Confederate soldiers

    [ Syn: confederate ]

  2. united in a confederacy or league

    [ Syn: allied , confederative ]

    confederate (v.)

  1. form a group or unite; The groups banded together

    [ Syn: band together ]

  2. form a confederation with; of nations

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