confederate
noun/kənˈfedərət/
/kənˈfedərət/
- a person who helps somebody, especially to do something illegal or secret synonym accomplice
- Rokovssky was his confederate in the assassination plot.
- Confederatea person who supported the Confederate States in the American Civil War
Word Originlate Middle English: from late (ecclesiastical) Latin confoederatus, from con- ‘together’ + foederatus, based on foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’.
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