renegade

[ ren-i-geyd ]

/ ˈrɛn ɪˌgeɪd /

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noun

a person who deserts a party or cause for another.

an apostate from a religious faith.

adjective

of or like a renegade; traitorous.

OTHER WORDS FOR renegade

1 traitor, deserter, betrayer, dissenter.

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Origin of renegade

1575–85; <Spanish renegado<Medieval Latin renegātus (noun use of past participle of renegāre to desert, renege), equivalent to re-re- + neg-, base of negāre to deny + -ātus-ade¹

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How to use renegade in a sentence

Greg is taking a big risk here, siding with the renegade as opposed to the company line, and he will probably try to use his leverage to cut a deal to avoid any sort of consequences for his role in the cover up.
The Only Succession Recap You Need Before Season 3 Starts|Andrew R. Chow|October 12, 2021|Time
Online video sharing—and we're talking the renegade kind, uploaded by fans and shared freely—greatly contributed to The Daily Show's massive cultural footprint before Stewart left that show behind in 2015.
Jon Stewart’s new Apple TV+ series: Old man yells at cloud—but it hits the spot|Sam Machkovech|September 30, 2021|Ars Technica
When the solo anti-censorship renegade came to school — literally prevented of her own volition from talking — in spirit, she was joining demonstrations against the bills happening online and in-person.
Meet the ‘absolutist’ with the Section 230 tattoo on Google’s new misinformation policy team|Kate Kaye|September 21, 2021|Digiday
GameStop shocked the world with its sudden stock price surge earlier this year, buoyed by a band of renegade Redditors turned amateur day traders.
Can You Spot the Next GameStops?|Sean Culligan|April 5, 2021|Ozy

Fletcher is part of “group of renegades,” he says, who are on a mission to plug literature back into the electric heart of contemporary life and culture.
Literature Should Be Taught Like Science - Issue 97: Wonder|Kevin Berger|February 24, 2021|Nautilus
What does that promising growth mean for the renegade brewers at Casa Bruja?
House of the Witch: The Renegade Craft Brewers of Panama|Jeff Campagna|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
To paraphrase the renegade philosopher Hannibal, I love it when science comes together.
Glaciers Lose 204 Billion Tons of Ice in Three Years|Matthew R. Francis|October 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
One of the strongest of the anti-Islamists is a renegade general, Khalifa Haftar, who is fighting in the east.
Libya’s Proxy Apocalypse|Jamie Dettmer|August 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST
But its title is a misnomer: The far-from-renegade Gay is a very good feminist.
Roxane Gay: Not Such a 'Bad Feminist' After All|Lizzie Crocker|August 12, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Earlier this year, Miller responded to calls to stand with Cliven Bundy and declared common cause with the renegade rancher.
Hatriot Politics Created the Las Vegas Killers|John Avlon|June 10, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Already the patch of brush in which lay the renegade Policemen was hidden in the smudge, shut away from our sight.
Raw Gold|Bertrand W. Sinclair
Cousin would have tried a shot at the renegade if not for fear of instant reprisal on the girl.
A Virginia Scout|Hugh Pendexter
His former friends treated him as a renegade, and the whig newspapers showered abuse upon him.
The Political History of England - Vol. X.|William Hunt
The renegade Yankee, and not the native planter, is made to bear the heaviest blow.
The Continental Monthly, Vol. 2, No. 2, August, 1862|Various
It was dangerous in the extreme, it might mean death, but it was death if he stayed in the clutches of the renegade half-breed.
The Ranger Boys and the Border Smugglers|Claude A. Labelle

British Dictionary definitions for renegade

renegade

/ (ˈrɛnɪˌɡeɪd) /

noun

a person who deserts his or her cause or faith for another; apostate; traitor
(as modifier)a renegade priest

any outlaw or rebel

Word Origin for renegade

C16: from Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegāre to renounce, from Latin re- + negāre to deny

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