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Webster 1913 Edition
Renegade
Ren′e-gade
(r?n′?-g?d)
, Noun.
[Sp.
renegado
, LL. renegatus
, fr. renegare
to deny; L. pref. re-
re- + negare
to deny. See Negation
, and cf
. Runagate
.] One faithless to principle or party.
Specifically: (a)
An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.
James justly regarded these
renegades
as the most serviceable tools that he could employ. Macaulay.
(b)
One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.
Arbuthnot.
(c)
A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.