/ren"i gayd'/ , n.
1. a person who deserts a party or cause for another.
2. an apostate from a religious faith.
adj.
3. of or like a renegade; traitorous.
[ 1575-85; renegado renegatus (n. use of ptp. of renegare to desert, RENEGE), equiv. to re- RE- + neg-, base of negare to deny + -atus -ADE 1 ]
Syn. 1. traitor, deserter, betrayer, dissenter.