transfuge
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
transfuge (plural transfuges)
Translations[edit]
deserter — see deserter
turncoat — see turncoat
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Learned borrowing from Latin trānsfuga (“deserter”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
transfuge m or f by sense (plural transfuges)
- deserter, defector, turncoat
- Synonym: déserteur
- (figurative) defector
- transfuge de classe ― class defector
Further reading[edit]
- “transfuge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
trānsfuge
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