confederate
adjective
united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
confederates
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pluralof confederate.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Worse news: He also won’t be bringing in you or any of your confederates.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 20, 2026
It also illustrates the continuing legal risk to the former president and, even more so, to Trump confederates such as Rudolph W. Giuliani.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 9, 2024
Indeed, Magliocca testified it was understood the goal of the provision was to keep a wide range of former confederates out of public office in the years after the war.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 3, 2023
The organizers of that meeting — industry confederates who know both men — hoped that a lunch at Mr. Zucker’s house on Amagansett’s tony Hedges Lane would clear the air.
From New York Times ● Jun. 4, 2023
And loyal confederates, Hamlet and I never revealed that we were authors of this tragicomedy.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
