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Confederate - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Confederate : adj
1: of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the
Civil War; "Confederate soldiers" [syn: Confederate]
2: united in a confederacy or league [syn: allied, confederative]
(noun)
1: a supporter of the Confederate States of America [syn: Confederate]
2: someone who assists in a plot [syn: collaborator, henchman,
partner in crime]
3: a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan
(especially an unethical or illegal plan) [syn: accomplice]
(verb)
1: form a group or unite; "The groups banded together" [syn: band
together]
2: form a confederation with; of nations
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Confederate : \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p.
Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.]
To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Confederate : \Con*fed"er*ate\, v. i.
To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or
covenant; to band together.
By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Confederate : \Con*fed"er*ate\, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of
confoederare to join by a league; con- _ foederare to
establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact.
See Federal.]
1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a
confederacy; banded together; allied.
All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace. --Shak.
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; as, the
Confederate congress; Confederate money.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Confederate : \Con*fed"er*ate\, 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.
He found some of his confederates in gaol.
--Macaulay.
2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause
of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union
(1860-1865).
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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