confederate
Short definition from Wiktionary
Adjective
- Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy
- Banded together; allied.
- Confederated.
- Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.
- Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
- Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.
Noun
- A member of a confederacy.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- An accomplice in a plot: An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
- A citizen of the Confederate States of America.
- A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
- A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.
Verb
- To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
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