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confederative

confederative adjective: of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.

Adjective

confederative (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.

Origin of confederative

From confederate + -ive.

Questions about confederative

What does confederative mean?
Confederative means of or pertaining to confederates of a confederation.
What part of speech is confederative?
Confederative is an adjective.

Words near confederative in the dictionary

  1. confederationism
  2. confederationist
  3. confederationists
  4. confederations
  5. confederatism
  6. confederative
  7. confederator
  8. confederators
  9. confedered
  10. confedering
  11. confeders

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