renegado
/ˌrɛnəˈɡɑdoʊ/
noun
- A person who deserts one group or cause for another; a traitor or rebel.
- The political party denounced the former member as a renegado after he joined the opposition.
- The general called the soldier a renegado for switching sides during the war.
- In the novel, the renegado betrays his crew to join the pirates.
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