renegade
nounverbadjectiveattested in dialogue
- United Kingdom//ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd//
- United States//ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd//
An outlaw or rebel.
noun
- 1
An outlaw or rebel.
- 2
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.
Etymology
From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“to deny”). See also renege.
verb
- 1
datedTo desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]
adjective
- 1
Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.
- 2
Unconventional, unorthodox.
Forms
- plural
- renegades
- comparative
- more renegade
- superlative
- most renegade
- past tense
- renegaded
- past participle
- renegaded
- present participle
- renegading
- third person singular
- renegades