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Confederate

United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.

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Southern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

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Southern 84% connected

Of or pertaining to the south; situated in, or proceeding from, the south; situated or proceeding toward the south.

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United 84% connected

of Unite

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United 84% connected

of Unite

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Broader term 13

Accessary 76% connected

Accompanying, as a subordinate; additional; accessory; esp., uniting in, or contributing to, a crime, but not as chief actor. See Accessory.

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Accessory 76% connected

Accompanying as a subordinate; aiding in a secondary way; additional; connected as an incident or subordinate to a principal; contributing or contrib…

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Admirer 76% connected

One who admires; one who esteems or loves greatly.

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Assistant 76% connected

Helping; lending aid or support; auxiliary.

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Champion 76% connected

To furnish with a champion; to attend or defend as champion; to support or maintain; to protect.

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Friend 76% connected

One who entertains for another such sentiments of esteem, respect, and affection that he seeks his society aud welfare; a wellwisher; an intimate ass…

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Help 76% connected

To furnish with strength or means for the successful performance of any action or the attainment of any object; to aid; to assist; as, to help a man…

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Helper 76% connected

One who, or that which, helps, aids, assists, or relieves; as, a lay helper in a parish.

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Protagonist 76% connected

One who takes the leading part in a drama; hence, one who takes lead in some great scene, enterprise, conflict, or the like.

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Southerner 76% connected

An inhabitant or native of the south, esp. of the Southern States of North America; opposed to Northerner.

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Supporter 76% connected

One who, or that which, supports; as, oxygen is a supporter of life.

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Unify 76% connected

To cause to be one; to make into a unit; to unite; to view as one.

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Unite 76% connected

To put together so as to make one; to join, as two or more constituents, to form a whole; to combine; to connect; to join; to cause to adhere; as, to…

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Decoy 76% connected

To lead into danger by artifice; to lure into a net or snare; to entrap; to insnare; to allure; to entice; as, to decoy troops into an ambush; to dec…

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Henchman 76% connected

An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.

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Steerer 76% connected

One who steers; as, a boat steerer.

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Alliance 74% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Alliance 74% connected

The state of being allied; the act of allying or uniting; a union or connection of interests between families, states, parties, etc., especially betw…

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Confederacy 74% connected

A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

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Confederacy 74% connected

A league or compact between two or more persons, bodies of men, or states, for mutual support or common action; alliance.

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Confederation 74% connected

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

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Confederation 74% connected

The act of confederating; a league; a compact for mutual support; alliance, particularly of princes, nations, or states.

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Confederative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a confederation.

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Confederative 74% connected

Of or pertaining to a confederation.

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Accomplice 92% connected

A cooperator.

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Allied 92% connected

United; joined; leagued; akin; related. See Ally.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Collaborator 92% connected

An associate in labor, especially in literary or scientific labor.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Confederative 92% connected

Of or pertaining to a confederation.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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