con‧fed‧e‧rate /kənˈfed
ərət, kənˈfed
ərɪt/
noun [countable][
Date: 1300-1400;
Language: Late Latin;
Origin: past participle of confoederare, from Latin com- ( ⇒ COM-) + foedus (, federal)]
1. formal someone who helps someone else do something, especially something secret or illegal
Synonym : accomplice:
The young woman was his confederate, of course.2. a member of a confederacy
—confederate adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲