renegade
Pronunciation
  • (America) IPA: /ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪd/
  • (British) IPA: /ˈɹɛnəˌɡeɪd/
Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

  1. An outlaw or rebel.
  2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
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renegade (renegades, present participle renegading; past and past participle renegaded)

  1. (dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
    • 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (volume 3, page 740)
      The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]



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