confederate
adjective
united in a league, alliance, or conspiracy.
pro-Confederate
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a word derived from
confederate.
Example Sentences
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“During Jim Crow, Lincoln was banned from pro-Confederate textbooks, and today we see the Confederate flag being waved in places like Charlottesville,” Mr. Reynolds said.
From Washington Times ● Feb. 16, 2022
An attorney for the pro-Confederate group said Wednesday his client is disappointed and disagrees with the order but will comply.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 12, 2020
The congressman also noted that former President Abraham Lincoln had sent federal troops to Frederick, Md., to arrest pro-Confederate Maryland legislators while they sat in a session at the Washington suburb.
From Fox News ● Dec. 4, 2019
Their silent protest occurred as two pro-Confederate groups staged a rally in Oxford and marched to campus.
From Slate ● Feb. 23, 2019
His broken leg notwithstanding, these three days in Virginia, with its pro-Confederate citizens and custom of hospitality, have made him think that escape is a possibility.
From "Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever" by Bill O'Reilly
