1.  confederate(n = noun.person) - a supporter of the Confederate States of America;
is a kind of southerner, admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter
has particulars: confederate soldier
Derived form adjective confederate₁

2.  confederate(n = noun.person) collaborator, henchman, partner in crime - someone who assists in a plot;
is a kind of accessary, accessory

3.  confederate(n = noun.person) accomplice - a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan);
is a kind of assistant, help, helper, supporter
has particulars: decoy, steerer
Derived forms verb confederate₂, verb confederate₁, adjective confederate₂

1.  confederate(v = verb.social) band together - form a group or unite; "The groups banded together"
is one way to unify, unite
Derived forms noun confederate₃, noun confederation₃, noun confederation₂, noun confederation₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s

2.  confederate(v = verb.social) - form a confederation with; of nations;
is one way to unify, unite
Derived forms noun confederacy₂, noun confederate₃, noun confederation₃, noun confederation₁, adjective confederative₁
Sample sentences: Somebody ----s PP

1.  confederate(s = adj.all) - of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War; "Confederate soldiers"
Derived form noun confederate₁

2.  confederate(s = adj.all) allied, confederative - united in a confederacy or league;
Derived form noun confederate₃

1.  United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. [1913 Webster]
"All the swords
In Italy, and her confederate arms,
Could not have made this peace." [1913 Webster]

2.  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. [1913 Webster]

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. [1913 Webster]
"He found some of his confederates in gaol." [1913 Webster]

2.  A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865). [1913 Webster]

   To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. [1913 Webster]
"With these the Piercies them confederate." [1913 Webster]

   To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. [1913 Webster]
"By words men . . . covenant and confederate." [1913 Webster]

confederate, adj., n., & v.
--adj. esp. Polit. allied; joined by an agreement or treaty.
--n.
1 an ally, esp. (in a bad sense) an accomplice.
2 (Confederate) a supporter of the Confederate States.
--v. (often foll. by with)
1 tr. bring (a person, State, or oneself) into alliance.
2 intr. come into alliance.

Idiom:
Confederate States States which seceded from the US in 1860-1.

Etymology:
LL confoederatus (as com-, federate)

VB  cooperate, concur, coact, synergize, conduce, combine, unite one's efforts, keep together, draw together, pull together, club together, hand together, hold together, league together, band together, be banded together, pool, stand shoulder to shoulder, put shoulder to shoulder, act in concert, join forces, fraternize, cling to one another, conspire, concert, lay one's heads together, confederate, be in league with, collude, understand one another, play into the hands of, hunt in couples, side with, take side with, go along with, go hand in hand with, join hands with, make common cause with, strike in with, unite with, join with, mix oneself up with, take part with, cast in one's lot with, join partnership, enter into partnership with, rally round, follow the lead of, come to, pass over to, come into the views of, be in the same boat, row in the same boat, sail in the same boat, sail on the same tack, be a party to, lend oneself to, chip in, participate, have a hand in, have a finger in the pie, take part in, bear part in, second, take the part of, play the game of, espouse a cause, espouse a quarrel.

N  auxiliary, recruit, assistant, adjuvant, adjutant, ayudante, coaid, adjunct, help, helper, help mate, helping hand, midwife, colleague, partner, mate, confrere, cooperator, coadjutor, coadjutrix, collaborator, ally, friend, confidant, fidus Achates, pal, buddy, alter ego, confederate, accomplice, complice, accessory, accessory after the fact, particeps criminis, socius criminis, aide-de-camp, secretary, clerk, associate, marshal, right-hand, right-hand man, Friday, girl Friday, man Friday, gopher, gofer, candle- holder, bottle-holder, handmaid, servant, puppet, cat's-paw, jackal, tool, dupe, stooge, ame damnee, satellite, adherent, votary, sectarian, secretary, seconder, backer, upholder, abettor, advocate, partisan, champion, patron, friend at court, mediator, angel (theater, entertainment), friend in need, Jack at a pinch, deus ex machina, guardian angel, tutelary genius.

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