renegade

English

Etymology

From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegātus, perfect participle of renegō (“I deny”). See also renege.

Pronunciation

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(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnɪˌɡeɪd/
(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈɹɛnəˌɡeɪd/

Noun

renegade (plural renegades)

An outlaw or rebel.
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts a cause, religion, political party, friend, etc.

Coordinate terms

(disloyal person): apostate, defector, heretic, turncoat

Related terms

etymologically related to negō

Translations

outlaw or rebel

Danish: lovløs, rebel c
Dutch: rebel (nl) m, outlaw (nl), vogelvrije (nl) m
Finnish: kapinallinen (fi)
French: renégat (fr)
German: Rebell (de)
Greek: αντάρτης (el) m (antártis), εκτός νόμου m (ektós nómou)

Italian: rinnegato (it) m
Japanese: 変節者 (へんせつしゃ, hensetsusha)
Latin: renegātus
Portuguese: renegado m, rebelde (pt) m or f
Spanish: renegado (es), rebelde (es) m or f
Swedish: avfälling (sv) c, renegat (sv) c

disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion etc.

Catalan: renegat (ca) m
Czech: renegát m
Dutch: renegaat (nl) m,afvallige (nl) m,overloper (nl) m
French: renégat (fr) m
German: Abtrünniger m, Überläufer (de) m, Renegat (de) m
Greek: εξωμότης (el) m (exomótis), αποστάτης (el) m (apostátis), αρνησίθρησκος (el) m (arnisíthriskos)
Italian: reietto (it) m

Latin: renegātus
Portuguese: renegado m, apóstata m or f
Russian: ренега́т (ru) (renegát), преда́тель (ru) (predátelʹ)
Spanish: renegado (es)
Swedish: överlöpare (sv) c, renegat (sv) c
Turkish: dönek (tr), (obsolete) mürtet (tr)

Verb

renegade (third-person singular simple present renegades, present participle renegading, simple past and past participle renegaded)

(dated) To desert one's cause, or change one's loyalties; to commit betrayal.
- 1859, Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (volume 3, page 740)
  The recent arrangement, obtained by Lord Stratford, as to the case of a Christian renegading to Mohammedanism […]

References

“renegade” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

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