"confederate" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kənˈfɛdəɹət/, /kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-confederate.ogg Forms: more confederate [comparative], most confederate [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} confederate (comparative more confederate, superlative most confederate)
  1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy Translations (of, relating to, or united in a confederacy): конфедеративен (konfederativen) (Bulgarian)
    Sense id: en-confederate-en-adj-nCJ4evWc Disambiguation of 'of, relating to, or united in a confederacy': 98 2
  2. Banded together; allied.
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confœderate [archaic]

Noun

IPA: /kənˈfɛdəɹət/, /kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-confederate.ogg Forms: confederates [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} confederate (plural confederates)
  1. A member of a confederacy. Translations (a member of a confederacy): դաշնակից (dašnakicʻ) (Armenian), участник в конфедерация (učastnik v konfederacija) (Bulgarian), съюзен (sǎjuzen) (Bulgarian), съюзнически (sǎjuzničeski) (Bulgarian), confédéré [masculine] (French), confédérée [feminine] (French), Konföderierter [masculine] (German), Konföderierte [feminine, plural, singular] (German), конфедера́т (konfederát) [masculine] (Russian), конфедера́тка (konfederátka) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-confederate-en-noun-Mu0d-f52 Disambiguation of 'a member of a confederacy': 99 0 0
  2. An accomplice in a plot.
    Sense id: en-confederate-en-noun-lcspCIqU
  3. An accomplice in a plot.
    (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
    Categories (topical): Psychology, People Synonyms: stooge Translations (an actor in an experiment): подставное лицо́ (podstavnoje licó) (Russian)
    Sense id: en-confederate-en-noun-UUjqmfUi Disambiguation of People: 0 2 0 43 55 0 Categories (other): Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 1 38 1 0 12 5 0 2 1 34 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 40 1 0 13 4 0 1 1 36 2 Topics: human-sciences, psychology, sciences Disambiguation of 'an actor in an experiment': 1 10 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confœderate [archaic] Translations (an accomplice in a plot): заговорник (zagovornik) (Bulgarian), съучастник (sǎučastnik) (Bulgarian), соуча́стник (součástnik) (Russian), соо́бщник (soóbščnik) (Russian)
Disambiguation of 'an accomplice in a plot': 0 50 50

Verb

IPA: /kənˈfɛdəɹət/, /kənˈfɛdəɹeɪt/ Audio: en-us-confederate.ogg Forms: confederates [present, singular, third-person], confederating [participle, present], confederated [participle, past], confederated [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} confederate (third-person singular simple present confederates, present participle confederating, simple past and past participle confederated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: confederately, confederateship, confederatism, confederative, nonconfederate, unconfederated
    Sense id: en-confederate-en-verb-KkxU3scK
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: confœderate [archaic]

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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      "sense": "a member of a confederacy",
      "word": "съюзен"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎjuzničeski",
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      "sense": "a member of a confederacy",
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      "sense": "a member of a confederacy",
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      "word": "конфедера́тка"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "zagovornik",
      "sense": "an accomplice in a plot",
      "word": "заговорник"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "sǎučastnik",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "soóbščnik",
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "podstavnoje licó",
      "sense": "an actor in an experiment",
      "word": "подставное лицо́"
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}

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