Confederate
[kən'fed(ə)rət] or [kən'fɛdəret]
Definition
(noun.) someone who assists in a plot.
(noun.) a supporter of the Confederate States of America.
(verb.) form a confederation with; of nations.
(adj.) of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; 'Confederate soldiers' .
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Definition
(a.) United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied.
(a.) 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.
(n.) 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.
(n.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
(v. t.) To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
(v. i.) To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
v. a. Ally, league, combine, unite.
v. n. Unite, be leagued, be allied.
n. Accomplice, abettor, accessory, ally.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
[See COMPANION]
SYN:Leagued, allied, united, combined
ANT:Disunited, dissolved
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Definition
adj. leagued together: allied.—n. one united in a league: an ally: an acomplice.—v.i. and v.t. to league together or join in a league.—ns. Confed′eracy a league or mutual engagement: persons or states united by a league: a conspiracy; Confederā′tion a league: alliance esp. of princes states &c.—adj. Confed′erātive of or belonging to a confederation.
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Examples
- This was done with effect, as is proved by the Confederate reports. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- They were admitted by a confederate inside the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
- I was conducted at once to where Sheridan was located with his troops drawn up in line of battle facing the Confederate army near by. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- But our troops had to bury the dead, and found that more Confederate than Union soldiers had been killed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Indeed, the advantages other than those of relative losses, were on the Confederate side. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- My general plan now was to concentrate all the force possible against the Confederate armies in the field. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The submarine next came into practical view during the American Civil War, when the Confederate government built several such vessels, known usually as Davids from their inventor. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- He said that if he had permission he would move so and so (pointing out how) against the Confederates, and that he could whip them. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Confederates were surprised to find our cavalry had possession of the trains. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is true the Confederates had, so far, held their capital, and they claimed this to be their sole object. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- Here another battle ensued, our men dismounting and fighting on foot, in which the Confederates were again routed and driven in great disorder. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The Confederates were strongly intrenched on the crest of the ridge in front of us, and had a second line half-way down and another at the base. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- On the other hand, the Confederates were more than correspondingly depressed. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- It is a significant and gratifying fact that Confederates should have joined heartily in this spontaneous move. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
- The federal system established in 1789 had to fight the secessionist efforts of the confederated slave-holding states. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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