Main entry: deserter, turncoat, apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade
Definition: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
Main entry: renegade
Definition: someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
Definition: break with established customs
Main entry: recreant, renegade
Definition: having deserted a cause or principle
Usage: some provinces had proved recreant; renegade supporters of the usurper