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plural foederati
A confederate. One of the tribes bound by treaty, who were neither Roman colonies nor had they been granted Roman citizenship but were expected to provide a contingent of fighting men when trouble arose. quotations examples
In the middle stage, the Reges Gothorum saw themselves as something better than mere foederati.
2011, Norman Davies, Vanished Kingdoms, Penguin, published 2012, page 23