Topic: GROUPINGS
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| Date: | 1300-1400 |
| Language: | Late Latin |
| Origin: | , past participle of confoederare, from Latin com- ( COM-) + foedus ( FEDERAL) |
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con‧fed‧e‧rate
[countable]
[countable]1 formal someone who helps someone else do something, especially something secret or illegal [= accomplice]: 
The young woman was his confederate, of course.
The young woman was his confederate, of course.2PPG a member of a confederacy
—confederate adjective
