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confederate
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noun
someone who assists in a plot
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verb
form a confederation with; of nations
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adjective
(= allied)
united in a confederacy or league
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verb
(= band together)
form a group or unite
The groups banded together
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noun
(= accomplice)
a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Confederate
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adjective
of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
Confederate soldiers
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noun
a supporter of the Confederate States of America
States
properNoun
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(historical, US) Those parts of the United States comprising states rather than territories.
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(Channel Islands) The parliament of either of the two Channel Islands countries: the States of Guernsey or the States of Jersey.
army
Noun
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The people and organisation, normally in a government, which fights wars.
The army fought in Iraq.
He joined the army when he was 19.
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A large number of people working towards the same thing.
It took an army of people to build that bridge.