turncoat
/ˈtəːnkəʊt
/noun
A person who deserts one party or cause in order to join an opposing one: they denounced him as a turncoat...
- Wells, a white captive raised by the Miami, was a turncoat who deserted his adopted family to join General Wayne.
- Who needs this party of turncoats?
- Redeem yourself or forever be consigned to history's judgment of political turncoats, renegades and saboteurs.
Synonyms
traitor, renegade, defector, deserter, betrayer, Judas;
fifth columnist, quisling
informal rat
rare tergiversator, renegate, renegado
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