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- noun Plural form of
confederate .
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Examples
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: maybe the confederates are the “founders” the teabaggers are always going on about.
Think Progress » Virginia Gov. McDonnell proclaims April ‘Confederate History Month.’ 2010
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Fred ♪ ♫ ♪ says: maybe the confederates are the “founders” the teabaggers are always going on about.
Think Progress » Virginia Gov. McDonnell proclaims April ‘Confederate History Month.’ 2010
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The Structure shows us that "the Beast" and his confederates are the two subjects with which we have to do.
Commentary on Revelation 1837-1913 1909
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A discharge of fifty pieces of cannon from the confederates was the signal for battle, which commenced a little after eight.
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But it happened that one of the principal persons among the confederates was an intimate friend of the man whose death they plotted; and instead of surprising him, he put him fully on his guard; and the gentleman was such a general favorite, and always had such a good escort of friends, that he did not fear his enemy; nor was he ever assailed.
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Bostwick has hidden them from his confederates, which is pretty much like hiding them from all the world.
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Esquerdes complained that the confederates were the mark of constant calumny, and demanded that the slanderers should be confronted with them and punished.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-66) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Esquerdes complained that the confederates were the mark of constant calumny, and demanded that the slanderers should be confronted with them and punished.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Complete (1555-84) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Esquerdes complained that the confederates were the mark of constant calumny, and demanded that the slanderers should be confronted with them and punished.
The Rise of the Dutch Republic — Volume 10: 1566, part I John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Esquerdes complained that the confederates were the mark of constant calumny, and demanded that the slanderers should be confronted with them and punished.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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