NOUN | person | deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter | a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. |
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person | deserter, defector | a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) |
Sounds | deh'zerter | |
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Rhymes | abductor ... zoster: 649 rhymes with ter... |
Meaning | A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.. | |
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Synonyms | apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter | |
Broader | quitter | A person who gives up too easily |
Spanish | apóstata, desertor, renegado, tránsfuga | |
Catalan | apòstata, oportunista, renegat | |
Verbs | desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you |
desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
Meaning | A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post). | |
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Synonym | defector | |
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 | desert | leave someone who needs or counts on you |
desert | desert (a cause, a country or an army) , often in order to join the opposing cause, country, or army |
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