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renegade definition

ren·egade (ren′ə gād′)

noun

  1. a person who abandons one religion for another; apostate
  2. 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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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