defector

noun

A person who has defected: apostate, deserter, recreant, renegade, runagate, tergiversator, turncoat. Informal rat. See approach/retreat.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
  Synonym: deserter

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - afhopper, overløber

Nederlands (Dutch)
uitgewekene (naar ander(e) land/partij etc.), overloper

Français (French)
n. - (Pol) transfuge, (Relig) apostat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überläufer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποστάτης, λιποτάκτης

Italiano (Italian)
disertore

Português (Portuguese)
n. - dissidente (m)

Русский (Russian)
дезертир, перебежчик

Español (Spanish)
n. - tránsfuga, desertor

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - avhoppare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
背叛者, 叛离者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 背叛者, 叛離者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 망명자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 離反者, 脱党者, 亡命者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) شخص مخل بالواجب, شخص مرتد أو متخل عن شئ, شخص خائن‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עריק‬

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