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Renegade   /rˈɛnəgˌeɪd/   Listen
Renegade

adjective
1.
Having deserted a cause or principle.  Synonym: recreant.  "Renegade supporters of the usurper"
noun
1.
Someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw.
2.
A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc..  Synonyms: apostate, deserter, ratter, recreant, turncoat.
verb
1.
Break with established customs.  Synonym: rebel.



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"Renegade" Quotes from Famous Books



... key in the lock she felt a little shiver of nervous excitement run through her. "What sort of man would he be—this hardened outlaw and robber—this renegade American who had cast his lot with the avowed enemies of his ...
— The Mucker • Edgar Rice Burroughs

... soon have seen his fill, were he between the decks, chained to the bench for weeks together, without ceasing to row for twenty-four hours together, with a renegade standing over to lash us, or to put a morsel into our mouths if ...
— The Dove in the Eagle's Nest • Charlotte M. Yonge

... went on slowly, "They say that El Hassan is in truth a renegade citizen of a far away Roumi land and that he attempts to build a great confederation in North Africa for ...
— Border, Breed Nor Birth • Dallas McCord Reynolds

... apply it to "every sudden, ignorant, inconsiderable heat, among a part of the people, wrought up by political disputes, and personal and party animosities." Such motives were not appreciated by the circle of Hamilton's admirers. Why were the renegade aliens who were running the incendiary presses not sent out of the country, Hamilton asked Pickering. "Are laws of this kind passed merely to excite odium and remain ...
— Union and Democracy • Allen Johnson

... termed him—must be a man very indifferent to his surroundings, or else mightily anxious to remain under cover. The captains Martin had met were particular men; one would not find them in such a noisome hole. This Carew must be some rough renegade. Perhaps he was not even white; perhaps he was a half-caste. That would explain his choice of lodgings. One would think from all the secret mummery with which he surrounded himself that he was the Mikado, himself. He certainly was not very popular ...
— Fire Mountain - A Thrilling Sea Story • Norman Springer


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