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confederate

noun as in abettor

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In the rural areas surrounding Jackson, I’ll regularly pass confederate flags and dog whistles in the form of heavily wrapped militia trucks and bumper stickers.

For me, today was an emotional day because in all my years as a resident of this city and as the mayor of this city I never thought I would see a day when all of the confederate statuary would be removed from Monument Avenue.

From Time

On Saturday, Charlottesville officials approved the removal of several confederate statues after years of activism to remove them.

Although Southern did not automatically equal neo-Confederate, at times the distinction could easily get lost.

Yet all too often the line between Southern and Confederate can get blurred.

In July, he gave $12.3 million to refurbish the Virginia home of Robert E. Lee, the Confederate General.

Gary Gallagher writes about the Union and Confederate armies.

Close to three and a half million men fought in the war, and nearly 700,000, both Union and Confederate troops, died.

If you have any thoughts of influencing me or my men to join the regular Confederate army, you may as well give up the idea.

She somehow felt like a confederate in crime, and tried to look severe and disapproving.

The Confederate government had considered the action a hostile act and had acted accordingly.

When he saw the Confederate flag in the hands of the Federal officer, he shot him in the breast.

While the winter passed, the Union forces kept receiving enforcements while the Confederate forces had no reenforcements.

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On this page you'll find 58 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to confederate, such as: amalgamated, associated, combined, federal, federated, and incorporated.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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