renegade

English

Etymology

From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/
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(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/
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Hyphenation: re‧ne‧gade

Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

An outlaw or rebel.
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Synonyms: apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat; see also Thesaurus:betrayer

Derived terms

Related terms

etymologically related to negō

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₁eǵ- (0 c, 10 e)

Translations

outlaw or rebel

Danish: lovløs, rebel (da) c
Dutch: rebel (nl) m, outlaw (nl), vogelvrije (nl) m
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
French: renégat (fr) m, renégate (fr) f, rebelle (fr) m or f
German: Rebell (de) m, Rebellin (de) f
Greek: αντάρτης (el) m (antártis), αντάρτισσα (el) f (antártissa), εκτός νόμου m (ektós nómou)
Italian: rinnegato (it) m, rinnegata (it) f
Japanese: 変節者 (へんせつしゃ, hensetsusha)
Latin: renegātus m, renegāta f
Macedonian: о́дметник m (ódmetnik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: rebell m, opprører m

Nynorsk: rebell m, opprørar m
Portuguese: renegado (pt) m, renegada f, rebelde (pt) m or f
Russian: мяте́жник (ru) m (mjatéžnik), изго́й (ru) m (izgój), изгна́нник (ru) m (izgnánnik)
Serbo-Croatian: odmetnik (sh)
Spanish: renegado (es) m, renegada (es) f, rebelde (es) m or f
Swedish: avfälling (sv) c, renegat (sv) c

disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.

Bulgarian: отстъпник (bg) m (otstǎpnik), ренегат (bg) m (renegat)
Catalan: renegat (ca) m, renegada (ca) f
Czech: renegát m
Dutch: renegaat (nl) m, afvallige (nl) m, overloper (nl) m
Finnish: luopio (fi), uskonluopio
French: renégat (fr) m, renégate (fr) f
German: Abtrünniger (de) m, Abtrünnige (de) f, Apostat (de) m, Apostatin (de) f, Abgefallener m, Abgefallene f, Glaubensabtrünniger m, Glaubensabtrünnige f, Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f, Renegat (de) m, Renegatin (de) f, Deserteur (de) m, Deserteurin (de) f,
Greek: εξωμότης (el) m (exomótis), αποστάτης (el) m (apostátis), αποστάτισσα (el) f (apostátissa), αποστάτρια (el) f (apostátria), αρνησίθρησκος (el) m (arnisíthriskos)
Hungarian: renegát (hu), hűtlen (hu), áruló (hu)
Italian: reietto (it) m, reietta (it) f
Latin: renegātus m, renegāta f
Macedonian: о́тстапник m (ótstapnik), о́тпадник m (ótpadnik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: overløper m, renegat m

Nynorsk: overlaupar m, renegat m
Polish: renegat (pl) m, zaprzaniec (pl) m, zdrajca (pl) m, zdrajczyni (pl) f
Portuguese: renegado (pt) m, renegada f, apóstata m or f
Russian: ренега́т (ru) m anim (renegát), ренега́тка (ru) f (renegátka), преда́тель (ru) m anim (predátelʹ), преда́тельница (ru) f (predátelʹnica), изме́нник (ru) m (izménnik)
Spanish: renegado (es) m, renegada (es) f
Swedish: överlöpare (sv) c, renegat (sv) c
Turkish: dönek (tr), mürtet (tr) (obsolete)

Verb

renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)

(dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
Synonyms: apostatize, defect, quisle, traitorize; see also Thesaurus:betray
- 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, volume 3, page 740:
  The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]

Derived terms

renegader

Adjective

renegade (comparative more renegade, superlative most renegade)

Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
Synonyms: faithless, perfidious, ratlike; see also Thesaurus:treacherous
(by extension) Unconventional, unorthodox.
Synonyms: atypical, heterodox, inorthodox, nonorthodox

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “renegade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Galician

Verb

renegade

second-person plural imperative of renegar