confederates

Meanings

• noun

  A group of people who act in cooperation or alliance, especially for a joint purpose.

  - "The confederates worked together to plan the heist."
  - "The southern confederates seceded from the United States in 1861."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with confederates
cadets , fedoras , jaded , meteorates

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Variants

List of all variants of confederates that leads to same result
confederate , confederates , confederated , confederating , confederative

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Etymology

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From the Latin confederatus, meaning 'league, alliance'.

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Trivia

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1. The Confederate States of America issued its own currency, known as the Confederate States Dollar.

2. The Confederate flag, which features the St. Andrew's Cross, was first flown in 1863.

3. The largest battle of the American Civil War, the Battle of Gettysburg, took place in July 1863.

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Related Concepts

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1. Union: The term 'Union' refers to the United States of America and the federal government that represented it during the American Civil War.

2. Civil War: The American Civil War was a conflict between the Union and the Confederacy from 1861 to 1865.

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Culture

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The term 'confederates' is most commonly associated with the Confederate States of America, a group of eleven southern states that seceded from the United States during the late 1850s and early 1860s. The Confederacy existed from 1861 to 1865, and its history is marked by the American Civil War.

How to Memorize "confederates"

1. visualize
   

   - Visualize a group of people standing together, holding hands or shaking hands, symbolizing their alliance or cooperation.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word 'confederates' with the concept of unity or alliances.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mnemonic using the acronym C-O-N-F-E-D-E-R-A-T-E-S: 'Cooperating, Organized, Necessitating Friends, Equally, Dedicated, Resilient, Achieving, Together, Effectively, Successfully'.

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