renegado

American  

[ren-i-gey-doh, -gah-] / ˌrɛn ɪˈgeɪ doʊ, -ˈgɑ- /

noun

plural

renegados

1. a renegade.

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renegado British  

/ ˌrɛnɪˈɡɑːdəʊ /

noun

1. an archaic word for renegade

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Etymology

Origin of renegado

Borrowed into English from Spanish around 1590–1600

Example Sentences

So saying, he left the camp; nor could the Moslem chieftains help admiring the honest indignation of this patriot knight, while they secretly despised his renegado adversary.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, April 1844 Volume 23, Number 4 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord

Suppose I returned to it and had to go back to France, I should assuredly suffer great poverty, and be continually reproached all my days, and be called "Renegado! renegado!"

From The Boy Crusaders A Story of the Days of Louis IX. by Edgar, John G. (John George)

His fate was announced to him by a renegado white man, who acted as interpreter.

From Thrilling Adventures by Land and Sea by Brayman, James O.

He saw that the renegado cowardice with which she denied, abjured, and reviled her own country, gained nothing but ridicule and contempt.

From Tales and Novels — Volume 06 by Edgeworth, Maria

While the veteran Taric was making his wide circuit through the land, an expedition under Magued the renegado proceeded against the city of Cordova.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord