renegado
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Origin of renegado
Borrowed into English from Spanish around 1590–1600
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The renegado perceived it, and sought not to slay him, but to take him alive.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, June 1844 Volume 23, Number 6 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord
"Well," says William, immediately, "but art thou a Christian or a heathen, or what we call a renegado?"
From The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton by Defoe, Daniel
Don Gutiere was accustomed to visits of the kind from renegado Moors, who roamed the country as spies and adalides, but the countenance of this man was quite unknown to him.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
This letter he despatched by a renegado Christian, who knew all the secret roads of the country, and if taken could pass himself for a Christian who had escaped from captivity.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
Mr. White again endeavors to find support in the fact that Armado and renegado are spelt Armatho and renegatho in the Folio.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 03, No. 16, February, 1859 by Various
Sullen visions are now upon the clouds, to which place-hunters and renegados are afraid to lift their terrified eyes.
From Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte by Hamilton, Lady Anne
It is generally thought these fires were raised by some base renegados who lurk about the town, and who came from Miaco: Yet, though much suspected, no proof has hitherto been brought against them.
The latter, eager, like all renegados, to show devotion to his newly-adopted creed, volunteered to return with the courtier and have a tilt of words with the testy diplomatist.
From Chronicle of the Conquest of Granada by Irving, Washington
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