renegade
renegade
Definition
ren·egade (ren′ə gād′)
noun
- a person who abandons one religion for another; apostate
- a person who abandons a party, movement, etc. and goes over to the other side; traitor; turncoat
Etymology: Sp renegado, pp. of renegar, to deny < ML renegare < L re-, again + negare, to deny (see negation); the word replaces ME renagat < ML renegatus, pp. of renegare
adjective
of or like a renegade; disloyal
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Synonyms
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Synonyms
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n.
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Usage Examples
Preposition: from
- Marxism: Only a renegade from Marxism, a renegade from socialism can do so.
Converse of object
- go: H Perfect American dreams have gone renegade, Replicants killing the ones they obeyed.
- turn: Another friar, Robert Topley, had turned renegade and married.
- become: Before he became a renegade from the armies of Hell he was Al Simmons, an assassin working for the United States Security Group.
- run: Oh, and even at 1.2GHz, it still runs Renegade no problem.
- make: It was really good to see someone make the renegade more accessible to an inexperienced performer.
- think: With the advent of BF and UT2k3 I think renegade will die.
Adjective modifier
- British: Beside AMERY, another notorious British civilian renegade was directly involved in the BFC.
- young: Arthur pursued him and they met in battle on the Isle of Man, where Arthur killed the young renegade, his worthiest foe.
- few: When a few renegades suggest that a belief that depends upon lies should be questioned, they get enraged.
- other: At a later date, Torah s were altered to make one sect the original one, and the other renegades.
Modifies a noun
- province: China regards Taiwan as a renegade province and has pledged to reunify the island with the mainland, by force if necessary.
- group: A few readers sent along Kim Vo's Mercury News piece about a renegade group of Roman Catholic women who have been ordained.
- playboy: I wish all the Renegade Playboys and everyone ever connected with them the absoloute best of luck with whatever they go on to do.
- soldier: Timor-Leste, security collapsed after renegade soldiers clashed with security forces.
- scientist: We know that renegade scientists have co-operated with Al Qaida and provided them with some of the knowledge they need to develop these weapons.
- agent: He ends up teaming up with another renegade agent, Audubon Poe, running supplies out to Turkey.
Noun used with modifier
renegade Quotes
Old Hodge stays not his hand, but whips to kennel The renegade.God's peace betide the souls Of the pure in heart. But in the box that fennel Grows around, are two red eyes that stare like coals.
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