"confederate" in the noun sense
1. Confederate
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
2. confederate, collaborator, henchman, partner in crime
someone who assists in a plot
3. accomplice, confederate
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
"confederate" in the verb sense
1. band together, confederate
form a group or unite
"The groups banded together"
2. confederate
form a confederation with of nations
"confederate" in the adjective sense
1. Confederate
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
"Confederate soldiers"
2. allied, confederate, confederative
united in a confederacy or league
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