† transfugen.
Obsolete. rare.
A deserter; a fugitive.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > undutiful person > [noun]
transfuge1548
defaulter?1592
transfuger1611
defector1615
infidel1655
turn-away1688
short-comer1865
defectant1874
derelict1888
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > deserter
transfuge1548
fugitive1553
transfuger1611
deserter1667
bounty-jumper1875
bug-out1956
1548 in Acts Privy Council (1890) II. 186 Certein Frenchemen..demanded by the French King by treaty as transfuges.
1639 O. Sedgwick Mil. Discipl. 78 When a Souldier renounceth his colours, and becomes a transfuge, and runnes to the enemies side.
1855 Ld. Stanhope Let. to Ticknor 12 May in Misc. (1872) 2nd Ser. 18 The protection of deserters and transfuges is the invariable rule of every service in the world.]
Derivatives
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > undutiful person > [noun]
transfuge1548
defaulter?1592
transfuger1611
defector1615
infidel1655
turn-away1688
short-comer1865
defectant1874
derelict1888
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [noun] > deserter
transfuge1548
fugitive1553
transfuger1611
deserter1667
bounty-jumper1875
bug-out1956
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 842/2 Scotland, the then-Refuge of Traiterous transfugers.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > undutifulness > [adjective] > failing in duty
transfugious1611
defectious1630
defaulting1753
derelict1864
defaultant1884
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > soldier by type of service > [adjective] > deserting
transfugious1611
1611 J. Speed Hist. Great Brit. ix. xxiv. 849/1 That transfugous [1623 transfugious] Champion.
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