单词 | reneger |
释义 | renegern. 1. A person who renounces his or her faith; an apostate. Cf. renegade n. 1. rare. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > apostasy > [noun] > person apostate1340 postatea1387 relapse1407 pervert1501 reneganta1525 runagate1530 reniant1532 backfaller1545 apostatrice1551 turn-tippet?1556 runaway1561 faller-away1564 reneger?1577 renegado1584 backslider1591 retrospicientc1600 relapser1608 renegade1611 runagado1614 runagade1670 fallaway1673 lapser1695 faller-out1964 ?1577 J. Northbrooke Spiritus est Vicarius Christi: Treat. Dicing Ep. Ded. sig. B1 Was he not a greate Sorcerer, and a reneger of the faith? 1659 J. Gauden Ἱερα Δακρυα i. iv. 57 These modern Renegers, Separates, and Apostates. 2006 K. Cragg God's Wrong is Most of All 179 Some ‘renegers’ from Islam assumed that Muhammad's demise had freed them from their pledged allegiance to him. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > reversal of or forsaking one's will or purpose > [noun] > desertion of one's party or principles > one who renay1340 apostate1362 renegatec1450 starter1519 reniant1532 changeling1539 rannigala1560 recreant1570 turncoat1570 renegado1573 start-away1574 off-faller?1575 start-back1579 departer1586 reneger1597 retrospicientc1600 runagadea1604 renegade1611 turn-tail1621 runagado1623 trip-coata1625 retrogredient1650 retrograde1651 tergiversator1716 rat1755 ratter1819 tergiversant1833 blackleg1844 strike-breaker1904 faller-out1964 1597 Bp. J. King Lect. Ionas xiv. 188 The relinquisher of his owne life is more to be punished, than a reneger of his service in warre. 3. Originally and chiefly U.S. A person who goes back on a promise, contract, etc.; esp. a person who does this frequently. ΚΠ 1924 Proc. Pennsylvania Pharmaceut. Assoc., 47th Meeting 198 I told you they were united, practically one hundred per cent. organized for pharmacy in Bethlehem. We had only one or two renegers. 1948 Rev. Politics 10 249 Wallace is a trimmer, a hedger, and a chronic reneger. 1992 Sydney Morning Herald 13 Feb. 12 This is a man who has never been a womaniser, boozer, or reneger on promises to mates. 1999 J. Mueller Capitalism, Democracy & Ralph's Pretty Good Grocery ii. 42 Legal action or reputational retaliation like letting it be widely known that the reneger is a jerk. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?1577 |
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