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Antonyms for confederate

Grammar : Adj, noun
Spell : adjective, noun kuhn-fed-er-it, -fed-rit; verb kuhn-fed-uh-reyt
Phonetic Transcription : adjective, noun kənˈfɛd ər ɪt, -ˈfɛd rɪt; verb kənˈfɛd əˌreɪt


Definition of confederate

Origin :
  • late 14c., from Late Latin confoederatus "leagued together," past participle of confoederare "to unite by a league," from com- "with, together" (see com-) + foederare, from foedus (genitive foederis) "a league" (see federal). Also used as a past participle adjective from late 14c., as a simple adjective from 1550s; meaning "of or belonging to the Confederate States of America" is from 1861. Used as a noun from late 15c. (Late Latin confoederatus also was used as a noun in its day).
  • adj allied
  • noun abettor
Example sentences :
  • I shall take other measures; for I see you are a confederate with them.
  • Extract from : « Joseph Andrews, Vol. 2 » by Henry Fielding
  • No, he's Federal, Confederate or guerilla as it may suit his bloody ends.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • We never charge a Confederate soldier for anything; that's not our way.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • At any rate I was convinced she was a good Confederate, and my heart rose.
  • Extract from : « The Cavalier » by George Washington Cable
  • They spotted him and a confederate slipped a hypo into his arm.
  • Extract from : « Poisoned Air » by Sterner St. Paul Meek
  • If so, he would, through the Ford girl, in all probability be able to trace her confederate.
  • Extract from : « The Film of Fear » by Arnold Fredericks
  • Every confederate who was across was either killed or captured.
  • Extract from : « Personal Recollections of a Cavalryman » by J. H. (James Harvey) Kidd
  • When the performer lifts his head he ceases counting, so does the confederate.
  • Extract from : « Telepathy » by W. W. Baggally
  • His secretary, as he called him, was merely his confederate.
  • Extract from : « The Memoires of Casanova, Complete » by Jacques Casanova de Seingalt
  • But he did not speak, and the Confederate agent never took his eyes off him.
  • Extract from : « The Bondwoman » by Marah Ellis Ryan

Synonyms for confederate

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