renegade
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ɪˌgeɪd noun
1.
a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
2.
an apostate from a religious faith.
adjective
3.
of or like a renegade; traitorous.
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| a wistful desire to return in thought or in fact to a former time in one's life, to one's home or homeland, or to one's family and friends; a sentimental yearning for the happiness of a former place or time: |
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| —n | |
| 1. | a. a person who deserts his or her cause or faith for another; apostate; traitor |
| b. (as modifier): a renegade priest | |
| 2. | any outlaw or rebel |
| [C16: from Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegāre to renounce, from Latin | |
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Word Origin & History
renegade
1580s, "apostate," probably (with change of suffix) from Sp. renegado, originally "Christian turned Muslim," from M.L. renegatus, prop. pp. of renegare "deny" (see renege). General sense of "turncoat" is from 1660s. The form renegate, directly from M.L., is attested in Eng. from late 14c.
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Example sentences
Original paint with the renegade marking on the hood.
She's sent on a mission to retrieve a renegade mage.
Any nation that potters with any glory of its past, as a thing dead and done for, is to that extent renegade.
The renegade intelligence buff said he was relieved.
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