Confederate

Other forms: Confederates

Definitions of Confederate

1. adjective

   of or having to do with the southern Confederacy during the American Civil War
   “Confederate soldiers”

   synonyms:

   southern

   in or characteristic of a region of the United States south of (approximately) the Mason-Dixon line
2. noun

   a supporter of the Confederate States of America
   types:

   Confederate soldier

   a soldier in the Army of the Confederacy during the American Civil War

   bushwhacker

   a Confederate guerrilla during the American Civil War

   Johnny, Johnny Reb, Reb, Rebel, greyback

   `Johnny' was applied as a nickname for Confederate soldiers by the Federal soldiers in the American Civil War; `greyback' derived from their grey Confederate uniforms

   type of:

   Southerner

   an American who lives in the South

   admirer, booster, champion, friend, protagonist, supporter

   a person who backs a politician or a team etc.