a person who helps somebody, especially to do something illegal or secret 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。
- Confederate
a 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
Word Originlate Middle English: from late (ecclesiastical) Latin confoederatus, from con- ‘together’ + foederatus, based on foedus, foeder- ‘league, covenant’.