confederate
adjective/kənˈfedərət/
/kənˈfedərət/
- belonging to a confederacy
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- Confederateconnected with the Confederate States
- the Confederate flag
Word Originlate Middle English: from late (ecclesiastical) Latin confoederatus, from con- ‘together’ + foederatus, based on foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’.
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