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Renegade

Renegade Meaning & Definition
Renegade Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Renegade?

[n] a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
[n] someone who rebels and becomes and outlaw
[adj] having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper"
[v] break with established customs

Synonyms | Synonyms for Renegade: apostate | deserter | disloyal | ratter | rebel | recreant | recreant | turncoat

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See Also | defector | dissent | protest | quitter | resist

Renegade In Webster's Dictionary

\Ren"e*gade\ (r?n"?-g?d), n. [Sp. renegado, LL. renegatus, fr. renegare to deny; L. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See {Negation}, and cf. {Runagate}.] One faithless to principle or party. Specifically: (a) An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith. James justly regarded these renegades as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. --Macaulay. (b) One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter. --Arbuthnot. (c) A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.

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