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defector

Pronunciation:  di'fektur

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 Definition: [n]  a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
 
 Synonyms: deserter
 
 See Also: deviationist, draft dodger, draft evader, offender, renegade, turncoat, wrongdoer

 

 

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 Related Terms: apostate, backslider, bolter, collaborationist, collaborator, convert, deserter, fifth columnist, mugwump, proselyte, quisling, rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor, turnabout, turncoat, turntail
 

 

 

 

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