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One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.

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  1. n. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.
  2. n. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts their cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
  3. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate. He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.
  4. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; anapostate.He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession. Bunyan.
  5. n:100 n a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.