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Meaning of confederate

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

confederate

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noun

Definitions

  1. A member of a confederacy.

  2. An accomplice in a plot.

  3. An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher (also known as a "stooge").

verb

Definitions

  1. To combine in a confederacy.

adjective

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or united in a confederacy

  2. Banded together; allied.