Defector

2 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  defector
       n : a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
           [syn: {deserter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  30 Moby Thesaurus words for "defector":
     apostate, backslider, bolter, collaborationist, collaborator,
     convert, deserter, fifth columnist, mugwump, proselyte, quisling,
     rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate,
     reversionist, runagate, schismatic, seceder, secessionist,
     separatist, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, traitor,
     turnabout, turncoat, turntail