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renegade

noun
/ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/UK/ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/US

Etymology

From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege.

  1. derived from renegātus
  2. borrowed from renegado

Definitions

  1. An outlaw or rebel.

  2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

  3. To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties

    To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.

    • The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.

    2. Unconventional, unorthodox.

The neighborhood

Derived

paragade, renegade row, renegadism

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