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turn·coat

(tûrn′kōt′)

One who traitorously switches allegiance.

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turncoat

(ˈtɜːnˌkəʊt)

a person who deserts one cause or party for the opposite faction; renegade

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turn•coat

(ˈtɜrnˌkoʊt)

n.

a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade.

[1550–60]

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Noun

turncoat - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, renegade

quitter - a person who gives up too easily

turncoat

noun traitor, renegade, defector, seceder, deserter, apostate, backslider, recreant (archaic), tergiversator, rat (informal) His one-time admirers now accused him of being a turncoat.

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

turncoat

noun

A person who has defected:

apostate, defector, deserter, recreant, renegade, runagate, tergiversator.

Informal: rat.

Translations

Überläufer

tránsfuga trásfuga

takinkääntäjä

traitre traître

voltagabbana pentito traditore

forræder overløper

turncoat

[ˈtɜːnkəʊt] N → renegado/a m/f, chaquetero/a m/f
to become a turncoat → cambiarse de chaqueta

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

turncoat

[ˈtɜː^rnkəʊt] n → renégat(e) m/fturned out [ˌtɜː^rnˈaʊt] adj
to be well turned out, to be smartly turned out → être élégant(e)

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

turncoat

n → Abtrünnige(r) mf, → Überläufer(in) m(f)

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

turncoat

[ˈtɜːnˌkəʊt] n → voltagabbana m/f inv

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

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'The Liberal candidate,' he concluded, 'is thus a public turncoat. Is that the sort of man we want?

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"I might have expected naught better from a turncoat foreign knave such as thee, who once joined in the councils of De Montfort, and then betrayed his friends to curry favor with the King."

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Arron Banks called Tory turncoat Douglas Carswell - UKIP's only MP - "the biggest pain in the backside".