Word
Confederate
How many syllables?
4 Syllables
How it's divided?
con-fed-er-ate
Definition
- a. - United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a
confederacy; banded together; allied.
- a. - 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.
- n. - 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.
- n. - A name designating an adherent to the cause of the
States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).
- v. t. - To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally.
- v. i. - To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract
or covenant; to band together.
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