renegade

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Spanish renegado, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪd/
• IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌɡeɪd/

Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

1. An outlaw or rebel.
2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

Coordinate terms

• (disloyal person): apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat

Related terms

etymologically related to negō

• negate and its related terms
• abnegate
• neglect
• negative
• negotiate
• négligée

Translations

outlaw or rebel

• Danish: lovløs, rebel c
• Dutch: rebel (nl) m, outlaw (nl), vogelvrije (nl) m
• Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
• French: renégat (fr)
• German: Rebell (de)
• Greek: αντάρτης (el) m (antártis), εκτός νόμου m (ektós nómou)
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• Italian: rinnegato (it) m
• Japanese: 変節者 (へんせつしゃ, hensetsusha)
• Latin: renegātus
• Portuguese: renegado m, rebelde (pt) m or f
• Spanish: renegado (es), rebelde (es) m or f
• Swedish: avfälling (sv) c, renegat (sv) c

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

• Catalan: renegat (ca) m
• Czech: renegát m
• Dutch: renegaat (nl) m,afvallige (nl) m,overloper (nl) m
• French: renégat (fr) m
• German: Abtrünniger m, Überläufer (de) m, Renegat (de) m
• Greek: εξωμότης (el) m (exomótis), αποστάτης (el) m (apostátis), αρνησίθρησκος (el) m (arnisíthriskos)
• Italian: reietto (it) m
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• Latin: renegātus
• Portuguese: renegado m, apóstata m or f
• Russian: ренега́т (ru) (renegát), преда́тель (ru) (predátelʹ)
• Spanish: renegado (es)
• Swedish: överlöpare (sv) c, renegat (sv) c
• Turkish: dönek (tr), (obsolete) mürtet (tr)

Verb

1. (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 […]

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “renegade”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.