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confederate (oh)



[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Late Latin; Origin: , past participle of confoederare, from Latin com- ( COM-) + foedus ( FEDERAL)]
formal someone who helps someone else do something, especially something secret or illegal
-synonym accomplice accomplice
::The young woman was his confederate, of course.
a member of a confederacy
-- confederate adj