confed
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9.1
- noun
- /kənˈfɛd/
- Informal
:
confederación
- This is Lieutenant Christopher Blair... to any Confed ship.
Examples
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It's well documented that Pilgrim saboteurs... have been responsible... for much of the Confed's problems in this war.
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I would say without reservation that the Confed Cup was more important.
Blog text (7) -
During the fighting at the end, when the Confed was falling, I lost two of my people.
Fiction book (1991) -
We finally did show some improvement in the Confed Cup, and I hope we can bring that to the World Cup.
Blog text (7) -
The Confed never could pin anything on him, and he mostly retired by the time the Republic came online.
Fiction book (1991) -
But my main problem with Bob has always been our big game strategy, as evidenced in the first two Confed Cup games.
Blog text (7) -
For major portions of qualifying, we got by playing mediocrely, and we were downright terrible in the first two games of the Confed Cup.
Blog text (7) -
The old Confed-run system had been inefficient on its best days, with no apparent logical reason for various transit times.
Fiction book (1991) -
Everyone should remember that at the Confed Cup we lacked 'Dolo, Ching, Jones, and Edu.
Blog text (21) -
The players celebrated their victory in the Confed Cup after a hard-fought tournament.
Synonyms
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6.0
A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
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7.4
A group of states or groups that join to work together
Surface Forms
Etymology
Confed is an informal noun from confederate or confederation. It comes from the parts con- ('with') and feder (as in federal), meaning a 'group joined together', so a confed is a member of that joined group.