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renegade

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English

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Etymology

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From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (I deny). See also renege.

Pronunciation

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  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪd/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌɡeɪd/

Noun

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renegade (plural renegades)

  1. An outlaw or rebel.
  2. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

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Verb

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renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)

  1. (dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
    • 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine, volume 3, page 740:
      The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism []

Adjective

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renegade (comparative more renegade, superlative most renegade)

  1. Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
  2. (by extension) Unconventional, unorthodox.

References

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Galician

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Verb

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renegade

  1. second-person plural imperative of renegar