In the manner of confederates.

plural of Confederate

simple past tense and past participle of confederate

(transitive, intransitive) To combine in a confederacy.

A member of a confederacy. / An accomplice in a plot. / (psychology) An actor who participates in a psychological experiment pretending to be a subject but in actuality working for the researcher.

Of or relating to the Confederate States of America. / (historical) Of or relating to the political movement in favour of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.

of, relating to, or united in a confederacy / banded together; allied.

plural of confederate

A citizen of the Confederate States of America. / (historical) A supporter of Confederation between Newfoundland and Canada.

In Canada, the federal union of provinces and territories which formed Canada, beginning with New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, and Quebec, and later including all the others.