a. | 1. | United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. |
2. | (Amer. Hist.) Of or pertaining to the government of the eleven Southern States of the United States which (1860-1865) attempted to establish an independent nation styled the Confederate States of America; | |
n. | 1. | 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. |
2. | (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). | |
v. t. | 1. | To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. |
v. i. | 1. | To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. |
Noun | 1. | Confederate - a supporter of the Confederate States of America |
2. | confederate - someone who assists in a plot | |
3. | confederate - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan) Synonyms: accomplice | |
Verb | 1. | confederate - form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" Synonyms: band together |
2. | confederate - form a confederation with; of nations | |
Adj. | 1. | Confederate - of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the Civil War; "Confederate soldiers" |
2. | confederate - united in a confederacy or league Synonyms: confederative, allied |