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defector
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun defector has 1 sense
- defector(n = noun.person) deserter - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post); Array is a kind of offender, wrongdoer
has particulars: deviationist, draft dodger, draft evader, renegade, walk-in
Derived form verb defect1
THESAURUS
defector
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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