transfuga

Meaning

1. (by-personal-gender, feminine, literary, masculine) deserter, fugitive
2. (broadly, by-personal-gender, feminine, figuratively, masculine) one who has left a political party with which he was previously affiliated; defector, turncoat

Concepts

apostate

turncoat

deserter

ratter

recreant

renegade

Synonyms

apostata

disertore

fuggiasca

fuggiasco

pentito

rinnegato

defezionista

Translations

tránsfuga

desertor

déserteur

apostat

apóstata

αποστάτης

apòstata

renégat

مارِق

Abtrünnige

trànsfuga

Abtrünniger

Deserteur

جاحِد

Hyphenated as

tràn‧sfu‧ga

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈtrans.fu.ɡa/

Etymology

From Latin trānsfuga.