renegade
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
renegade (plural renegades)
- An outlaw or rebel.
- A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
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Related terms[edit]
etymologically related to negō
Translations[edit]
outlaw or rebel
disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.
Verb[edit]
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.
- 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 […]
- 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (volume 3, page 740)
References[edit]
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “renegade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
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