Definition of Confederates. Meaning of Confederates. Synonyms of Confederates

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Definition of Confederates

Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Confederated; p. pr. & vb. n. Confederating.] To unite in a league or confederacy; to ally. With these the Piercies them confederate. --Daniel.
Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, v. i. To unite in a league; to join in a mutual contract or covenant; to band together. By words men . . . covenant and confederate. --South.
Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, a. [L. confoederatus, p. p. of confoederare to join by a league; con- + foederare to establish by treaty or league, fr. foedus league, compact. See Federal.] 1. United in a league; allied by treaty; engaged in a confederacy; banded together; allied. All the swords In Italy, and her confederate arms, Could not have made this peace. --Shak. 2. (Amer. Hist.) 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.
Confederate
Confederate Con*fed"er*ate, n. 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. He found some of his confederates in gaol. --Macaulay. 2. (Amer. Hist.) A name designating an adherent to the cause of the States which attempted to withdraw from the Union (1860-1865).

Meaning of Confederates from wikipedia

- more constituent states, referred to as confederated states. Regarding their political systems, confederated states can have republican or monarchical...
- wagons supplying the front. Confederates slowed the Yankee invaders, at heavy cost to the Southern infrastructure. The Confederates burned bridges, laid land...
- Neo-Confederates are groups and individuals who portray the Confederate States of America and its actions during the American Civil War in a positive...
- whereby the Confederates undertook to pay Ormonde £30,000 in stages up to May 1644, half in cash and half in live cattle. In 1644 the Confederates sent around...
- 2016. Hall, Andy (January 8, 2015). "Real Confederates Didn't Know About Black Confederates". Dead Confederates: A Civil War Blog. WordPress. Archived from...
- battle is also referred to as the Battle of Confederates (غزوة الاحزاب). The Qur'an uses the term confederates (الاحزاب) in Surah Al-Ahzab 33:9-32 to denote...
- North Carolina's Chapel Hill campus added Confederates in the Attic to its freshman reading list. "Confederates in the Attic". The New York Times. Retrieved...
- The Jewish Confederates is a 2001 history book aut****d by Robert N. Rosen about Jewish citizens of the Confederate States of America who served in the...
- the Confederates suffered a string of defeats by the Parliamentarians at Dungan's Hill, Cashel and Knock****s. This prompted the Confederates to make...
- the Battle of Glorieta P****, the Confederates had to retreat from the territory, and by July 1862, effective Confederate control of the territory had ended...