defector

English

Etymology

From Latin dēfector.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/

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Noun

defector (plural defectors)

1. One who defects.

   Synonyms: apostate, turncoat; see also Thesaurus:defector

   Hypernyms: person; see also Thesaurus:person

Derived terms

• defector-in-place

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

Translations

one who defects

• Albanian: please add this translation if you can
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: перабе́жчык m (pjerabjéžčyk), перабе́жчыца f (pjerabjéžčyca), дэзерці́р m (dezjercír), дэзэрты́р m (dezertýr)
• Bulgarian: дезертьо́р (bg) m (dezertjór)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 背叛者 (zh) (bèipànzhě), (deserter) 逃兵 (zh) (táobīng), 變節者 / 变节者 (zh) (biànjiézhě), 脫北者 / 脱北者 (zh) (tuōběizhě) (North Korean defector)

• Czech: přeběhlík (cs) m
• Danish: afhopper c
• Dutch: overloper (nl), (military) deserteur (nl)
• Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
• Estonian: please add this translation if you can
• Finnish: petturi (fi), loikkari (fi)
• French: transfuge (fr) m or f
• Georgian: განდგომილი (gandgomili), რენეგატი (renegaṭi), საზღვარგარეთ გამქცევი (sazɣvargaret gamkcevi)
• German: Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f
• Greek: αυτόμολος (el) m (aftómolos)
• Hungarian: disszidens (hu)
• Indonesian: pembelot (id)
• Japanese: 離反者 (りはんしゃ, rihansha), 脱北者 (だっぽくしゃ, dappokusha) (North Korean defector)
• Korean: 탈주자(脫走者) (taljuja), 탈영자(脫營者) (ko) (taryeongja), 변절자(變節者) (ko) (byeonjeolja), 탈북자(脫北者) (talbukja) (North Korean defector)
• Latin: dēfector m, transfuga m
• Latvian: please add this translation if you can
• Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: дезерте́р m (dezertér)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: avhopper m

• Polish: dezerter (pl) m, dezerterka (pl) f
• Portuguese: desertor (pt) m, trânsfuga (pt) m or f
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: перебе́жчик (ru) m (perebéžčik), перебе́жчица (ru) f (perebéžčica), дезерти́р (ru) m (dezertír) (especially military), отсту́пник (ru) m (otstúpnik), отсту́пница (ru) f (otstúpnica)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: прѐбег m, прѐбјег m, прѐбеглица f, прѐбјеглица f

  Latin: prèbeg (sh) m, prèbjeg (sh) m, prèbeglica (sh) f, prèbjeglica (sh) f

• Slovak: prebehlík m, prebehlíčka f
• Slovene: prebežnik m, prebežnica f
• Spanish: tránsfuga (es) m, desertor (es) m
• Swedish: avhoppare (sv) c
• Turkish: sığınmacı (tr)
• Ukrainian: перебі́жчик m (perebížčyk), перебі́жчиця f (perebížčycja), дезерти́р m (dezertýr)
• Welsh: enciliwr m

Latin

Etymology

From dēficiō (“to desert”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [deːˈfɛk.tɔr]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [deˈfɛk.tor]

Noun

dēfector m (genitive dēfectōris); third declension

1. a deserter, rebel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfector	dēfectōrēs
genitive	dēfectōris	dēfectōrum
dative	dēfectōrī	dēfectōribus
accusative	dēfectōrem	dēfectōrēs
ablative	dēfectōre	dēfectōribus
vocative	dēfector	dēfectōrēs

References

• “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers