nnoun.persona disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.Synset:apostate ratter recreant renegade turncoat
Derivationally Related Form:apostatizedesertapostaterecreantratrenegadeapostatise
Hypernyms:quitter
Inherited Hypernyms:deserterquitterpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:deserterquitterpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
nnoun.persona person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)Topic:armed forcesarmed servicesmilitarymilitary machinewar machine
Synset:defector
Derivationally Related Form:defectdesert
Hypernyms:offender wrongdoer
Inherited Hypernyms:deserterwrongdoerbad personpersoncausal agentphysical entityentity
Inherited Hypernyms:deserterwrongdoerbad personpersonorganismliving thingwholeobjectphysical entityentity
Direct Hyponyms:deviationistdraft dodgerdraft evaderrenegadewalk-in
Full Hyponyms:deviationistdraft dodgerrenegadewalk-in