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Webster 1913 Edition

Turncoat

Turn′coatˊ

(tûrn′kōtˊ)

,

Noun.

One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate; a defector to the enemy.

He is a

turncoat

, he was not true to his profession.

Bunyan.

Webster 1828 Edition

Turncoat

TURN'COAT

,

Noun.

[turn and coat.] One who forsakes his party or principles.

Definition 2024

turncoat

turncoat

See also: turn-coat and turn coat

English

Alternative forms

Noun

turncoat ‎(plural turncoats)

A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.

Synonyms

(traitor): apostate, defector, renegade

Translations

a traitor

Armenian: ռենեգատ (hy) ‎(ṙenegat), ուրացող (hy) ‎(uracʿoł), դավաճան (hy) ‎(davačan), փախստակ (hy) ‎(pʿaxstak)
Bashkir: хыянатсы ‎(xïyanatsï), хаин ‎(xain), һатлыҡ ‎(hatlïq)
Danish: vendekåbe c
Finnish: takinkääntäjä (fi)
French: girouette (fr)
German: Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f
Hungarian: köpönyegforgató (hu)
Italian: voltagabbana (it) m, f, pentito (it) m, traditore (it) m, giravolta, banderuola

Norwegian: forræder (no) m. overløper m
Polish: zdrajca (pl)
Portuguese: vira-casaca m
Russian: (literary) (contemptuous) ренега́т (ru) m ‎(renegát), (contemptuous) перебе́жчик (ru) m ‎(perebéžčik), преда́тель (ru) m ‎(predátelʹ)
Spanish: tránsfuga (es), rajeta (es), veleta (es), renegado (es)
Swedish: kappvändare c, någon som vänder kappan efter vinden (sv), överlöpare (sv)