🔄 Synonyms of "Defector"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deserternoun | (military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving |
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| deserternoun | (military) A person who has physically removed him- or herself from the control or direction of a military or naval unit with the intention of permanently leaving |
| defectionnoun | An act or incidence of defecting. |
| renegadenoun | An outlaw or rebel. |
| dissidentnoun | A person who formally opposes the current political structure, the political group in power, the policies of the political group in power, or current laws. |
| breakawaynoun | The act of breaking away from something. |
| dictatornoun | A totalitarian leader of a country, nation, or government. |
| defector-in-placenoun | (espionage) A person who defects to a foreign power but remains in their home country so as to gather information etc. |
| exfiltratornoun | One who exfiltrates. |
| defecatornoun | One who defecates. |
| exiler | One who exiles. |
| traitornoun | Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished. |
| defalcatornoun | A defaulter or embezzler. |
| runnernoun | Agent noun of run; one who runs. |
| betrayeenoun | One who has been betrayed. |
| transfugitivenoun | A transfuge. |
| defaecatornoun | Alternative form of defecator. [One who defecates.] |
| deporteenoun | A deported person. |
| decoyernoun | One who decoys another. |
| refugitivenoun | Pertaining to refuge. |
| defusernoun | One who, or that which, defuses. |
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