noun
a person who forsakes his faith, party, cause, or allegiance and aligns himself with another
the renegade derided his former beliefs
Synonyms: apostate, defector, rat, recreant, runagate, tergiversator, turnabout, turncoat
Related Word: iconoclast, insurgent, rebel; abandoner, deserter, forsaker; heretic, schismatic
Contrasted words: liege man; disciple, follower
Antonyms: adherent