turncoat

(tûrn'kōt')
n.
One who traitorously switches allegiance.

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noun

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

n. a person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one: they denounced him as a turncoat.

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For a list of words related to turncoat, see:

• Morality or Character
• Fraud, Treachery, and Deception - turncoat: one who betrays a cause or supports an enemy

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See words rhyming with "turncoat."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - vendekåbe

Nederlands (Dutch)
overloper

Français (French)
n. - renégat

Deutsch (German)
n. - Überläufer

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - αποστάτης, εξωμότης

Italiano (Italian)
rinnegato

Português (Portuguese)
n. - vira-casaca (m), apostata (m), renegado (m)

Русский (Russian)
ренегат, предатель

Español (Spanish)
n. - renegado, tránsfuga

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - överlöpare, avhoppare, en som vänder kappan efter vinden

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
背叛者, 变节者

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 背叛者, 變節者

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 변절자, 배반자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 変節者, 裏切り者

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألمتخلي عن عقيدته أو حزبه, ألخارج ألمتخلي‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮עריק מפלגתי, בוגד‬

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