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

GameStop shocked the world with its sudden stock price surge earlier this year, buoyed by a band of renegade Redditors turned amateur day traders.
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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.
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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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