defector (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *defector*:
NOUN	person	defector, deserter	a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)

defector > pronunciation
Sounds	dihfeh'kter
Rhymes	abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter...

English > *defector*: 1 sense > noun 1, person
Meaning	A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post).
Synonym	deserter
Category	military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine	The military forces of a nation
Narrower	deviationist	An ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism / communism)
	draft dodger, draft evader	someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
	renegade	someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
	walk-in	An operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
Broader	wrongdoer, offender	A person who transgresses moral or civil law
Spanish	desertor, tránsfuga, tránsfugo, trásfuga, trásfugo
Catalan	desertor, trànsfuga
Verbs	defect	desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army

HyperDic: defector