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confederator ? Obs.|kənˈfɛdəreɪtə(r)|
[agent-n. in L. form, f. L. confœderāre to confederate: corresp. to F. confédérateur.]
One who confederates with others (esp. for an evil purpose); a confederate, conspirator.
1536Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 15 §1 Robbers, murtherers, and confederatours vpon the sea. 1568Grafton Chron. Hen. VIII, II. 1227 One hundred thousand Crownes, whereof the one halfe the Confederatours shall and maye employ when neede shall require. 1641Termes de la Ley 73 Enquirie shall bee made of conspirators and confederators. 1864Webster has Confederater. |