Confederate

Definition: Confederate

Confederate

Adjective

1. Of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the Civil War; "Confederate soldiers".

2. United in a confederacy or league.

Noun

1. A supporter of the Confederate States of America.

2. Someone who assists in a plot.

3. A person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan).

Verb

1. Form a group or unite; "The groups banded together".

2. Form a confederation with; of nations.

Date "Confederate" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references)

Synonyms: Confederate

Synonyms: allied (adj), confederative (adj), accomplice (n), collaborator (n), henchman (n), partner in crime (n), band together (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Auxiliary	Confederate; accomplice; complice; accessory, accessory after the fact; particeps criminis; socius criminis.
Cooperation	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.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	But this is Confederate money (Show Boat; writing credit: Edna Ferber; Oscar Hammerstein II) I figure a mans only good for one oath at a time, and I took my oath to the Confederate States of America (The Searchers; writing credit: Frank S. Nugent) But Papa's was confederate. (Old Yeller; writing credit: Fred Gipson;)
Movie/TV Titles	Confederate Honey (1940) Life of Sam Davis: A Confederate Hero of the Sixties (1915) The Counterfeiter's Confederate (1913) Confederate Spy (1910) Abbeville and the Mystery of the Lost Confederate Gold (1995)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Look Away!: A History of the Confederate States of America (reference) Raising the Hunley: The Remarkable History and Recovery of the Lost Confederate Submarine (reference) Richard Brautigan : A Confederate General from Big Sur, Dreaming of Babylon, and the Hawkline Monster (reference) Richmond Burning: The Last Days of the Confederate Capital (reference) The Boys' War : Confederate and Union Soldiers Talk About the Civil War (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Confederate Career (reference) Confederate Philatelist (reference) (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies	Confederate Heroes of Gettysbu (reference) Confederate Railroad: Notorious - The Video (reference) (more DVD examples; more video examples) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	Lieutenant John Wilkinson Confederate States Navy blockade runner Served on Coast Survey prior to Civil War. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.		Ambrose P. Hill Confederate Lieutenant General Head of Coast Survey Drawing Division from 1855-1861. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.
	Coast and Geodetic Survey Ship ENDEAVOR. Originally built during the Civil War as a Confederate gunboat and named the LADY DAVIS. Credit: Sailing for Science - the NOAA Fleet Then and Now.		....Horse of confederate colonel both [later] killed at the battle of Antietam. Credit: National Library of Medicine.
	Chart showing the positions of U.S. Navy ships during the action (with individual ships identified, with their commanders), and of Confederate defenses ashore and afloat. Credit: NAVY.		Crew members exercising with a 12-pounder Dahlgren howitzer (on an iron field carriage) on the monitor's deck, probably while she was serving on the James River, Virginia, in 1864-65. Probably photographed by the Matthew Brady organization. Note lookout with telescope atop the turret, dents in turret and conning tower from Confederate cannon shot, and the bitt on deck in the foreground. Credit: NAVY.
	Our national Confederate anthem. Credit: Library of Congress.		Court house and Confederate monument, Laurens, South Carolina. Credit: Library of Congress.
	Brig. Gen. William Tatum Wofford, half-length portrait, facing right, in Confederate uniform. Credit: Library of Congress.		Fair Oaks, Va. Lt. James B. Washington, a Confederate prisoner, with Capt. George A. Custer of the 5th Cavalry, U.S.A. Credit: Library of Congress.
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	The Bahamas	During the American Civil War, The Bahamas prospered as a center of Confederate blockade-running. (references)
Worker Rights	Thailand	The Labor Relations Act recognizes the right of private sector workers to organize and bargain collectively; to decide on the constitutions and rules of these associations and unions; to express their views without government or employer interference; to confederate with other unions; to receive protection from discrimination, dissolution, suspension, or termination by any outside authority because of union activities; and to have employee representation in direct negotiations with employers. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
John McCain	Maybe they'll be most surprised about the part of the presidential campaign where I described my failure in standing up for what I believed in, as far as the confederate flag is concerned.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Confederate" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 51.43% of the time. "Confederate" is used about 35 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Adjective (general or positive)	51.43%	18	82,615
Noun (singular)	40%	14	93,893
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	5.71%	2	245,945
Noun (proper)	2.86%	1	339,140
Total	100.00%	35	N/A

Expressions using "Confederate": confederate Army ♦ confederate flag ♦ confederate jasmine ♦ confederate rose ♦ confederate rose mallow ♦ confederate soldier ♦ confederate States of America. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "Confederate"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pjesëmarrës (accessory, member, partaker, participant, participator, party), lidhje (affinity, alliance, bandage, bearing, binding, bond, bracer, bracing, catena, communication, confederation, conjunction, connection, connexion, contact, cord, coupling, dressing, federation, join, joining, joint, knot, league, ligament, ligature, link, link up, linkage, nexus, rapport, regard, relation, relevance, relevancy, respect, seam, signalling, tap, tie, tie up, truss, tying), konfederatë (confederacy, confederation), komplot (cabal, confederacy, conspiracy, plot), i bashkuar (associated, cohesive, combined, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connected, consolidated, incorporate, joining, linked, United), grup (array, batch, body, bracket, camp, clutch, cohort, colony, coterie, crowd, gang, group, groupment, lot, parcel, party, phalanx, platoon, squad, tally, team, troop, unit), bashkoj në konfederatë, anëtar (acolyte, adherent, apostle, cardholder, entrant, member, puisne, supporter), aleat (allied, ally, interallied), aleancë (alliance, cartel, knot). (various references)

Arabic		‏متحالف (allied), ‏وحد (combine, conjugate, consolidate, graft, integrate, knit, marry, pool, unify, unite), ‏حليف (allied, ally), ‏حلف (administer, alliance, axis, confederacy, entente, oath, swear, take an oath), ‏عهيد, ‏إتحد في عصبة (clique), ‏شريك (associate, consort, copartner, partner, silent partner). (various references)

Bulgarian		съюзявам се (ally, gang), съюзник (ally), съюзен (allied, conjunctive, federal, syndetic), съучастник (abettor, accessary, accessory, associate, bonnet, companion, co-participant, fellow, participator, partner, party), федеративен (federal, federate), заговорнича (cabal, connive, connote, conspire, plot, scheme), помощник (acolyte, adjunct, adjuvant, affiliate, aid, aide, ally, assistant, auxiliary, candle holder, coadjutor, help, helper, lieutenant, mate, pander, second, secondary, subsidiary). (various references)

Chinese		同盟者. (various references)

Czech		spoluviník (accessary, accessory, accomplice), spojený (allied, bound up with, combined, concerted, conjunct, conjunctive, connected, coupled, United), konfederovaný, komplic. (various references)

Farsi		موتلف , متفق کردن (Unite), متفق , متحد (Allied, Conjunct, Married, One), هم پیمان (Ally). (various references)

Finnish		valaliittolainen. (various references)

French		confédérer, confédéré, se confédérer. (various references)

German		verbünden (federalize, to confederate, to federalize), sich verbünden (ally oneself, contract, federate, form an alliance), konföderieren, eidgenosse (swiss citizen), eidgenössisch, Bundesgenosse. (various references)

Greek		συνένοχοσ (accessary, accomplice, conniver), συνασπίζω (league), συνασπίζομαι (coalesce, league), συμμαχώ (ally), ομόσπονδοσ. (various references)

Hebrew		מאוחד על ידי ברית, לאחד בברית, להתאחד (accrete, band, band together, be united, become one, incorporate, unite), בעל ברית (ally), ברית (alliance, covenant, pact, testament, treaty). (various references)

Hungarian		szövetséges (allied, ally, auxiliary, combiner, federal, federate), bűntárs (accessory, art and part, privy). (various references)

Indonesian		sekutu (ally, cabal, copartner). (various references)

Italian		confederato (federate), alleato (allied, ally). (various references)

Korean		동맹자. (various references)

Manx		fer coonee (adjutant, aider, ally, auxiliary, collaborator, helper, relief), co-oltey (fellow), cheet ayns copharteeas. (various references)

Pig Latin		onfederatecay.(various references)

Portuguese		confederado (federate), cúmplice (abetter, abettor, accessary, accomplice, complice, partaker, partner, privy), aliado (allied, ally, friend, union). (various references)

Romanian		confederativ, confederat, confedera, complice (abetter, accessory, accomplice, acolyte, party), coaliza (coalesce), se alia (ally), forma o confederaţie, federativ (federate, Federative), aliat (allied, ally). (various references)

Russian		союзный (allied, conjunctive, federal, syndetic), соучастник (abettor, accessary, accessory, contributor, co-participant, pal, participator, party), федеративный (federate, federated, federative), конфедеративный, вступать в конфедерацию. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		stupiti u kofederaciju, kofederativan. (various references)

Spanish		confederado. (various references)

Swedish		förbunden (adherent, allied, associate, bandaged, blindfolded, bounded, communicating, conjoint, connected, joint). (various references)

Turkish		suç ortağı (abettor, accessary, accessory, accessory before the fact, accomplice, bottle-holder, joint offender, stiff), müttefik (allied, ally, unanimous), konfedere, konfederasyona bağlı kimse, konfederasyon ile ilgili, ittifak ettirmek, ittifak etmek, birleştirmek (aggregate, ally, amalgamate, assemble, associate, colligate, combine, compound, congregate, conjoin, connect, consolidate, consubstantiate, couple, dovetail, federate, fuze, incorporate, inosculate, integrate, interconnect, interlink, join, joint, knit together, knit up, link up, match, mediatize, patch up, piece, piece together, pool, put to, put together, reunite, stick together, tack, tag, unify, unite, wed to), birleşmek (affiliate, agree, ally, ally oneself, amalgamate, associate oneself, band together, be made one, coalesce, combine, congregate, conjoin, conjugate, converge, couple, fasten, federate, fuze, gang, incorporate, inosculate, join, knit, knit up, link, make one, meld, merge, reunite, unite, weld), birleşik (adjunctive, combined, conjoint, conjugate, conjunct, connected, federate, integrated, joint, jointed, unified, United). (various references)

Ukrainian		союзник (ally), союзний (allied), співучасник (abettor, accessary, accessory, accomplice, associate, bander, complice), федеративний (federate), об'єднувати у федерацію. (various references)

Vietnamese		người cấu kết, nước trong liên bang người đồng mưu, liên minh (allied, league, union), liên hiệp (union). (various references)

Welsh		cynghreiriwr (ally), cynghreirio (ally, league), cynghreiriad (ally). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	complex. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	ParagenomenoV de twn anaswqentwn tiV aphggeilen abram tw perath autoV de katwkei proV th drui th mambrh o amoriV tou adelfou escwl kai adelfou aunan oi hsan sunwmotai tou abram
Latin	405	Vulgate	Et ecce unus qui evaserat nuntiavit Abram Hebraeo qui habitabat in convalle Mambre Amorrei fratris Eschol et fratris Aner hii enim pepigerant foedus cum Abram
Old English	990	West Saxon	Ða ætbærst him sum man, se hyt sæde Abrame, hu man hys broðor sunu on bendum aweg lædde. [Hwæt, Abram eardode neah þam heahtreowum Mamres þæs Amorites, Escoles ond Aneres, broðra sumes, þe Abrame eall forbunden wæron.]
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	And lo! oon that ascapide, toolde to Abram Ebrew, the which dwellid in valey of Mambre of Amorey, brother of Escol, and brother of Aner; thes forsothe hadden couenauntid bond of pees with Abram.
Renaissance English	1526	Tyndale	Than came one that had escaped and tolde Abram the hebrue which dwelled in the okegrove of Mamre the Amoryte brother of Eschol and Aner: which were confederate wyth Abram.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	And there came one that had escaped, and told Abram the Hebrew; for he dwelt in the plain of Mamre the Amorite, brother of Eshcol, and brother of Aner: and these were confederate with Abram.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	And one who had got away from the fight came and gave word of it to Abram the Hebrew, who was living by the holy tree of Mamre, the Amorite, the brother of Eshcol and Aner, who were friends of Abram.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Genesis Chapter 14, Verse 13
Cebuano	Ug mianha ang usa sa mga nakakalagiw, ug gipahibalo niya si Abram ang Hebreohanon, nga nagpuyo sa kakahoyan sa Mamre nga iya sa Amorehanon, nga igsoon ni Eschol ug igsoon ni Aner: ug sila mga kadapig ni Abram.
Croatian	A bjegunac neki - roðak Eškola i Anera, Abramovih saveznika - donese vijest Abramu Hebrejcu dok je boravio kod hrasta Amorejske Mamre.
Danish	Men en Flygtning kom og meldte det til Hebræeren Abram, der boede ved den Lund, som tilhørte Amoriten Mamre, en Broder til Esjkol og Aner, der ligesom han var Abrams Pagtsfæller.
Dutch	Toen kwam er een, die ontkomen was, en boodschapte het aan Abram, den Hebreer, die woonachtig was aan de eikenbossen van Mamre, den Amoriet, broeder van Eskol, en broeder van Aner, welke Abrams bondgenoten waren.
Finnish	Mutta muuan pakolainen tuli ja ilmoitti siitä Abramille, hebrealaiselle; tämä asui tammistossa, joka oli amorilaisen Mamren, Eskolin ja Aanerin veljen, oma, ja he olivat Abramin liittolaisia.
French	Un fuyard vint l`annoncer à Abram, l`Hébreu; celui-ci habitait parmi les chênes de Mamré, l`Amoréen, frère d`Eschcol et frère d`Aner, qui avaient fait alliance avec Abram.
German	Da kam einer, der entronnen war, und sagte es Abram an, dem Ausländer, der da wohnte im Hain Mamres, des Amoriters, welcher ein Bruder war Eskols und Aners. Diese waren mit Abram im Bunde.
Hungarian	Eljöve pedig egy menekûlt és hírûl hozá a héber Ábrámnak, a ki lakik vala az Emoreus Mamrénak, Eskol atyjafiának és Áner atyjafiának tölgyesében, a kik meg Ábrámnak szövetségesei valának.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Tetapi seorang yang berhasil lolos melaporkan semua kejadian itu kepada Abram, orang Ibrani itu. Abram tinggal dekat pohon-pohon keramat tempat ibadat milik Mamre, seorang Amori. Mamre dan saudara-saudaranya, yaitu Eskol dan Aner adalah teman-teman sekutu Abram.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Hata, maka datanglah seorang yang telah lari berlepas dirinya, mengabarkan hal itu kepada Abram, orang Ibrani, yang duduk hampir dengan hutan pohon jati Mamre, seorang orang Amori, yang saudara Eskol dan saudara Aner, yaitu orang seperjanji dengan Abram.
Italian	Ma un fuggiasco venne ad avvertire Abram l'Ebreo che si trovava alle Querce di Mamre l'Amorreo, fratello di Escol e fratello di Aner i quali erano alleati di Abram.
Maori	¶ Na ka tae he morehu, ka korero ki a Aperama Hiperu; i te noho hoki ia i nga oki o Mamere Amori, teina o Ehekora, he teina ia no Anera: kotahi ano to ratou whakaaro ko Aperama.
Norwegian	Da kom det nogen som var undsloppet, og fortalte det til hebreeren Abram; han bodde ved den terebinte-lund som tilhørte amoritten Mamre - Mamre var bror til Eskol og Aner, og de hadde alle gjort en pakt med Abram.
Portuguese	Então veio um que escapara, e o contou a Abrão, o hebreu. Ora, este habitava junto dos carvalhos de Manre, o amorreu, irmão de Escol e de Aner; estes eram aliados de Abrão.
Rumanian	A venit unul, care scqpase, wi a dat de wtire lui Avram, Evreul; acesta locuia lkngq wtejarii lui Mamre, Amoritul, fratele lui Ewcol, wi fratele lui Aner, cari fqcuserq legqturq de pace cu Avram.
Swedish	Men en av de räddade kom och berättade detta för Abram, hebréen; denne bodde vid den terebintlund som tillhörde amoréen Mamre, Eskols och Aners broder, och dessa voro i förbund med Abram.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "Confederate": confederated, confederates. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Confederate" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: confederare, conferderate. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "Confederate" (pronounced kunfe"derut or kunfe"derā't)
4	-d er u t	considerate, moderate.
3	-er u t	accurate, barbiturate, commensurate, conglomerate, corporate, illiterate, inaccurate, degenerate, deliberate, directorate, disparate, doctorate, electorate, emirate, favorite, inspectorate, intemperate, inveterate, literate, protectorate, triumvirate.
6	-f e" d er ā' t	federate.
3	-er ā' t	agglomerate, ameliorate, accelerate, adulterate, collaborate, commemorate, commiserate, cooperate, corroborate, inaugurate, incarcerate, decelerate, decorate, deteriorate, enumerate, evaporate, eviscerate, exaggerate, exasperate, exhilarate, exonerate, generate, incinerate, incorporate, invigorate, lacerate, liberate, obliterate, operate, perforate, proliferate, recuperate, redecorate, refrigerate, regenerate, reincorporate, reinvigorate, reiterate, reverberate, saturate, separate, tolerate, venerate.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-n-o-r-t"
	-2 letters: reenacted.
	-3 letters: anecdote, antecede, cantered, careened, carotene, cartoned, centered, conferee, crenated, decanter, decenter, decentre, decorate, defeater, defecate, defector, deferent, enforced, factored, federate, foredate, recanted, redefeat, redefect, refected, refenced.
	-4 letters: acetone, catered, centare, centred, cerated, cordate, corneae, cornfed, crafted, created, credent, crenate, defacer, defence, deforce, draftee, enacted, enactor, encoder, encored, enfaced, enforce, entered, erected.
	Words containing the letters "a-c-d-e-e-e-f-n-o-r-t"
	+1 letter: confederated, confederates.
	+2 letters: confederative.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
confederate flag	1,514	confederate rose	32
confederate	633	confederate flag tattoo	32
confederate railroad	131	confederate tattoo	30
confederate air force	125	confederate t shirt	28
confederate motorcycle	122	pic of confederate flag	27
a picture of a confederate flag	120	confederate cross	23
confederate money	106	confederate coin	19
son of confederate veteran	97	buddy confederate flag icon	18
confederate state of america	93	confederate hellcat	18
confederate state	79	confederate cup	18
confederate soldier	68	civil war confederate	17
confederate jasmine	60	confederate veteran	16
confederate battle flag	54	confederate song	16
confederate currency	51	confederate store	16
confederate uniform	51	confederate belt buckle	15
confederate flag history	50	confederate lyrics railroad	15
confederate general	39	confederate and union flag	15
confederate clothing	36	confederate navy	15
confederate flag wallpaper	36	confederate wallpaper	14
confederate army	33	confederate stuff	14
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.


"Confederate soldier" by raznov Commentary: "Dignity and honor."	"Confederate Headstone" by Roger Kirby Commentary: "Atlanta Oakland Cemetery Unknown civil war soldier - Confederate."
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.


Stars and Bars	Southern Cross

Confederate

Definition: Confederate

Confederate

Adjective

Noun

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Specialty Definition: Confederate States of America

States that seceded

Important persons

External links

Synonyms: Confederate

Synonyms within Context: Confederate

Auxiliary

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Crosswords: Confederate

Modern Usage: Confederate

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Commercial Usage: Confederate

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Image Slideshow: Confederate

Photos:Confederate

Illustrations:Confederate

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Photo Album: Confederate

Digital Photo Gallery: Confederate

Non-Fiction Usage: Confederate

Spoken Usage: Confederate

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Usage Frequency: Confederate

Expressions: Confederate

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Confederate

Modern Translation: Confederate

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Ancestral Language Translations: Confederate

Bible Trace: Confederate

Matched Bible Translations: Confederate

Derivations & Misspellings: Confederate

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Anagrams: Confederate

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