Turncoat

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. One who traitorously switches allegiance.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate; a defector to the enemy.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. One who “turns his coat”—that is, forsakes his party or principles.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    quitter   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    renegade    apostate    deserter    traitor    defector   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mutineer    trickster    red-furred    duellist    low-life   
     
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