单词 | renegade |
释义 | renegade/ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd /noun 1A person who deserts and betrays an organization, country, or set of principles: an agent who later turns out to be a renegade...
Synonyms traitor, defector, deserter, turncoat, betrayer; rebel, mutineer; quisling, fifth columnist rare renegado, tergiversator 1.1 archaic A person who abandons religion; an apostate: renegades and Deserters of Heaven, who renounce their God for the Favour of Man...
1.2A person who behaves in a rebelliously unconventional manner: he was a renegade and social malcontent...
adjective 1Having treacherously changed allegiance: a renegade bodyguard...
Synonyms treacherous, traitorous, disloyal, perfidious, treasonous, rebel, mutinous, rebellious 1.1 archaic Having abandoned one’s religious beliefs: a renegade monk verb [no object] archaic Become a renegade: Johnson had renegaded from the Confederacy OriginLate 15th century: from Spanish renegado, from medieval Latin renegatus 'renounced', past participle (used as a noun) of renegare, from re- (expressing intensive force) + Latin negare 'deny'. |
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