defector
One who defects.
Noun
- One who defects.
Hypernyms: person agent being bloak bloke body buddy cunt fellow featherless biped finger gink guy homo Homo sapien human human being individual lede man naked ape pal sapien sapiens
Origin
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h₁ Proto-Indo-European *déh₁ Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin de- Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁k- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *dʰh₁kyéti Proto-Italic *θakjō Proto-Italic *fakjō Latin facio Latin dēficiō Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin dēfectorbor. English defector Borrowed from Latin dēfector.
Forms
Synonyms
apostate balimbing butterfly changeling defector runagate traitor transfuge turncloak turncoat turntippet withersake
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
defector-in-place walk-in datlash meshummad murtadd backslider deconvert recidivist
Related
defect defection defective deficiency deficient deficit deserter scalphunter waverer