Category:Renegade

Ren"e*gade (rn"-gd), n. Etym: [sp. renegado, ll. renegatus, fr. Renegare to deny; l. pref. re- re- + negare to deny. See negation, And cf. Runagate.]

Defn: 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.