confederate
noun /kənˈfedərət/
/kənˈfedərət/
- a person who helps somebody, especially to do something illegal or secret
synonym accomplice同谋;同伙;从犯;共犯 - Rokovssky was his confederate in the assassination plot.
在暗杀阴谋中,罗科夫斯基是他的同伙。
- Rokovssky was his confederate in the assassination plot.
- Confederatea person who supported the Confederate States in the American Civil War
(美国内战期间)南部邦联的支持者
词源late Middle English: from late (ecclesiastical) Latin confoederatus, from con- ‘together’ + foederatus, based on foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’.