n. Function: noun
a person who forsakes his faith, party, cause, or allegiance and aligns himself with another FF1C; the renegade derided his former beliefs FF1E;
Synonyms: apostate, defector, rat, recreant, runagate, tergiversator, turnabout, turncoat
Related Words: iconoclast, insurgent, rebel; abandoner, deserter, forsaker; heretic, schismatic
Contrasted Words: liege man; disciple, follower
Antonyms: adherent