[Ads-l] Antedating of "Confederate" (OED, adj., 3.b.)

[Shapiro, Fred]

Confederate (OED, adj., 3.b., 1861 [11 May])

1861 Memphis Daily Appeal 24 Feb. 2/3 (Newspapers.com)

We ... invite the Memphis press ... who still hold the Confederate flag above the dust, to come and partake of the festival with us.

Fred Shapiro


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