confederate

adj

1. Of or relating to the Confederate States of America.

   “Yes. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s Attorney General and the unfortunate result of Dobby the house elf’s one-night stand with the Confederate flag, got in trouble this-, (enjoy!) got in trouble this week for undisclosed meetings with Russia’s ambassadors, something which, in itself, is not against the law.”

2. Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
3. Of or relating to Confederate Ireland or the Irish Confederate Wars.

noun

1. A citizen of the Confederate States of America.

   “In fact, I heard everything in the world except that the Confederates lost the war. When I was ten years old, it was a violent shock to learn that General Lee had been defeated.”

2. A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.
3. A supporter of Irish Catholic self-rule during the Wars of the Three Kingdoms.

verb

Etymology: First attested in 1531; borrowed from Late Latin cōnfoederātus, see -ate (verb-forming suffix) and Etymology 1 for more. Doublet of (obsolete) confeder.

1. To unite persons or states in a league, confederacy or conspiracy; to ally, league.

   “With them the gods were confederated to break barbarian arrogance.”

   “All persons who conspire confederate and agree to murder any person whether a subject of Her Majesty or not and whether within the Queen's dominions or not, […] shall be guilty of a misdemeanour, and shall be liable to imprisonment for a term of not more than ten years.”