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renegade


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Renegade  \Ren"e*gade\  (r?n"?-g?d),  n.  [Sp.  renegado,  LL 
  renegatus  fr  renegare  to  deny;  L.  pref.  re-  re-  +  negare  to 
  deny.  See  {Negation},  and  cf  {Runagate}.] 
  One  faithless  to  principle  or  party.  Specifically: 
  a  An  apostate  from  Christianity  or  from  any  form  of 
  religious  faith. 
 
  James  justly  regarded  these  renegades  as  the  most 
  serviceable  tools  that  he  could  employ.  --Macaulay. 
  b  One  who  deserts  from  a  military  or  naval  post  a 
  deserter.  --Arbuthnot. 
  c  A  common  vagabond;  a  worthless  or  wicked  fellow. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  renegade 
  adj  :  having  deserted  a  cause  or  principle;  "some  provinces  had 
  proved  recreant";  "renegade  supporters  of  the  usurper" 
  [syn:  {recreant}] 
  n  1:  someone  who  rebels  and  becomes  and  outlaw  [syn:  {turncoat}] 
  2:  a  disloyal  person  who  forsakes  his  cause  or  religion  or 
  political  party  or  friend  etc  [syn:  {deserter},  {apostate}, 
  {recreant}] 
  v  :  break  with  established  customs  [syn:  {rebel}] 




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