confederate
Pronunciation: /kənˈfɛdəɹət/
The English word “confederate” has 7 meanings listed here.
adjective
noun
- A member of a confederacy.
- An accomplice in a plot.
- An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.
verb
- To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.
Etymology
First attested in 1387, in Middle english; inherited from Middle English confederat(e) (“confederated, allied, associated in a plot; united or bound, as in friendship or troth”), borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus perfect passive participle of cōnfoederō, see -ate (adjective-forming suffix) and -ate (noun-forming suffix). Regular participial usage of the adjective up until Early Modern…
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