Turncoat \Turn"coat`\ (t[^u]rn"k[=o]t`), n.
One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an
apostate; a defector to the enemy.
[1913 Webster]
He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession.
--Bunyan.
[1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
turncoat
n : a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter,
apostate, renegade, recreant, ratter]
WordNet (r) 2.0
68 Moby Thesaurus words for "turncoat":
Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Judas-like,
Quisling, Trojan-horse, Vicar of Bray, apostate, archtraitor,
backslider, betrayer, betraying, bolter, cockatrice,
collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer,
convert, defector, deserter, double agent, double-crosser,
double-crossing, double-dealer, fifth columnist, fifth-column,
informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, mugwump, plotter,
proselyte, quisling, quislingistic, rat, recidivist, recreant,
renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schemer,
schismatic, seceder, secessionist, separatist, serpent, snake, spy,
straggler, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, timeserver,
traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonist, treasonous, trimmer,
turnabout, turntail, two-timing
Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
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