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renegade

nounverbadjectiveattested in dialogue

  • United Kingdom//ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd//
  • United States//ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd//

An outlaw or rebel.

noun

  1. 1

    An outlaw or rebel.

  2. 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. 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. 1

    Deserting, treacherous, disloyal.

  2. 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
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Lexical content from Wiktionary, under CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source entry · Data version 2026-08-23

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