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ren⋅e⋅gade

  [ren-i-geyd]
–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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Origin:
1575–85; < Sp renegado < ML renegātus (n. use of ptp. of renegāre to desert, renege ), equiv. to re- re- + neg-, base of negāre to deny + -ātus -ade 1

Synonyms:
1. traitor, deserter, betrayer, dissenter.
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ren·e·gade   (rěn'ĭ-gād')   
n.  

  1. One who rejects a religion, cause, allegiance, or group for another; a deserter.

  2. An outlaw; a rebel.

adj.  Of, relating to, or resembling a renegade; traitorous.
intr.v.   ren·e·gad·ed, ren·e·gad·ing, ren·e·gades
To become a deserter or an outlaw.

[Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, past participle of renegāre, to deny : Latin re-, re- + Latin negāre, to deny; see ne in Indo-European roots.]
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Word Origin & History

renegade 
1583, "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 1665. The form renegate, directly from M.L., is attested in Eng. from c.1375.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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