of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
<adj.all> Confederate soldiers
united in a confederacy or league
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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.
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.
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).
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.
Another technique: misrouting a bag to another city, where a confederate will pick it up and go through it.
The broadcast quoted Kim, 76, as saying during an 80-minute speech at a rally that a North-South summit should discuss creation of a unified confederate government reuniting the peninsula, which was divided at the end of the three-year Korean War in 1953.
Communist-ruled Serbia, the largest republic, has held until now that a confederate structure would be too unstable, and advocated retaining the federal system installed in 1945.