Definitions
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- noun A
confederate . One of thetribes bound bytreaty , who were neitherRoman colonies nor had they been granted Romancitizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose.
Etymologies
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From Latin foederātus ("allied"), from foedus ("league, agreement")
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Examples
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For a while they were held at bay by the Roman general Stilicho, who was himself the son of a Vandal foederatus.
superversive: Gondor, Byzantium, and Feudalism superversive 2010
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