RENEGADE
NOUNS – PERSON
► BACKFALLER a renegade → 1545 obs.
► BACKSLIDER one who backslides or falls away from an adopted course, esp. of religious faith or practice; an apostate; a renegade → 1591
► CRAWFISH a person who retreats from or backs out of a position; a political renegade or turncoat → 1860 US colloq.
► GALVANIZED REB during the Civil War: a turncoat; a renegade → 1860s US military
► GALVANIZED YANK during the Civil War: a turncoat; a renegade → 1860s US military
► LAND-LEAPER a land-loper → 1377 obs.
► LAND-LOPER ► LAND-LOUPER one who runs up and down the land; a vagabond; fig. a renegade; an adventurer → a1500 chiefly Sc.
► PREVARICATOR a person who betrays a cause or violates a trust; a renegade; a traitor → a1575 obs.
► RAT a renegade → 1913 Amer. dial. (Bk.)
► RENIANT a renegade → 1387 obs.
► TERGIVERSANT one who tergiversates; a turncoat, a renegade → 1833
► TURNCOAT a person who changes his principles or party; a renegade, an apostate → 1570
► TURN-TIPPET a renegade, a turncoat → 1556 obs.
VERBS
► TURN ONE’S TIPPET to change one’s course or behaviour completely; in bad sense, to act the turncoat or renegade → 1546 obs.