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noun a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.
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Origin of turncoat First recorded in 1550–60; origin uncertain; possibly from the practice hiding one's allegiance by turning one's coat inside out and covering one's party colors, military insignia, or heraldic badges; turn + coat
Words nearby turncoat turn away, turn back, turn bridge, turnbuckle, turn button, turncoat , turncock, turndown, turned comma, turned-on, turner
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Example sentences from the Web for turncoat Many Poles use the term “turncoat ” in a completely different way.
Poland’s Warmed-Over Cold Warrior | Andrew Nagorski| May 29, 2014| DAILY BEAST
More often than not, turncoat spies are successfully recruited as one-offs, through serendipity and dumb luck.
The CIA Tried Hard to Recruit Spies Among the Al Qaeda Prisoners at Gitmo | Daniel Klaidman| November 28, 2013| DAILY BEAST
The notes variously called him a turncoat , a RINO, a traitor, or worse.
Marco Rubio Spurned by Original Tea Party Supporters Over Immigration | Patricia Murphy| July 8, 2013| DAILY BEAST
But for many Republicans today, this quality makes him something of a turncoat .
Chuck Hagel’s Career Shows He’s Not Afraid to Change His Mind | Eli Lake| January 10, 2013| DAILY BEAST
Yet another Republican turncoat , Powell obviously endorsed Obama twice.
Six Nominees to Succeed Hillary Clinton as Secretary of State | Michael Tomasky| November 29, 2012| DAILY BEAST
The expression turnskin or turncoat is a translation of the Latin versipelles, a term used to describe a wer-wolf.
Human Animals | Frank Hamel
It needs more than the zeal of a turncoat to drive Apollo out of Parnassus.
The Future of English Poetry | Edmund Gosse
If you, for instance, are a turncoat , reproach your opponent with having no convictions!
Dream Tales and Prose Poems | Ivan Turgenev
We are not a turncoat ; we had hoped that Carpentier would win.
Plum Pudding | Christopher Morley
Grieve we must, indeed, to find in you such a turncoat that naught but dishonor can come of it.
Hero Tales of the Far North | Jacob A. Riis
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British Dictionary definitions for turncoat noun a person who deserts one cause or party for the opposite faction; renegade
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Content related to turncoat Turncoat: Visual Word of the DayWould a turncoat by any other name sound as treasonous? Yup!
Turncoat: Visual Word of the DayWould a turncoat by any other name sound as treasonous? Yup!
Words related to turncoat defector, informer, spy, double-crosser, fink, tattletale, sneak, betrayer, snake, snitch, tergiversator, renegade, deserter, conspirator, deceiver, rat, squealer, apostate, quisling, rebel