Confederate

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1. Adjective

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

2. Adjective

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; as, the Confederate congress; Confederate money.

3. Noun

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.

4. Noun

A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

5. Verb

To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.

6. Verb

To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.

7. Noun

someone who assists in a plot
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