renegade
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7.9
- adjective
- /ˈrɛnɪɡeɪd/
:
renegado
- We're sort of a renegade group separate from the local Waterford Quilting Guild.
- renegade militias
- renegade rebel
- renegade province
And that requires the the renegade CEO, right?
- And that requires the the renegade CEO, right?
- She doesn't attack Trump and she impresses the Trump team by bringing in independence renegade Democrats the way George HW Bush.
- And there's other people who are looking or more renegade and, and I don't know what they will find or I will find.
Examples
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For the mainland leaders, Taiwan is just a renegade province of China that is temporarily controlled by a rival political party.
Academic text (1997) -
Night had harbored the renegade youth of Ireland here for years.
Fiction book (1991) -
And that requires the the renegade CEO, right?
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I refuse to listen to any renegade talk!
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Well, our Adam here, he's been putting together a renegade group of locals to fight the drugs in our town.
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However, Taiwan is considered by Beijing's government as a "renegade province."
Academic text (2000) -
According to Beijing, if the renegade province were to break away, China would go to war to preserve its territorial integrity.
Academic text (2004) -
I was going to be this renegade medical student who was able to pinpoint diseases that all the old traditional surgeons couldn't see.
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Ricky Baker and Hector Faulkner... two renegade outlaws on the run for four months now, and fast becoming legends here in NZ.
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The renegade soldier refused to follow orders from his corrupt superiors.
Synonyms
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8.3
Acting secretly to harm people who trust them
9
4.9
Taking part in resistance against the government or authority
7
6.1
Separated from a larger group to act independently
1
9.9
Not brave and not loyal to friends or causes
Antonyms
Compounds
- Literature
A state that breaks international rules and acts against other countries
How Disloyal
Surface Forms
Etymology
Renegade used as an adjective comes from the same Latin renegare ('to deny') and the English deny. That's why a renegade person or faction is one that has left or betrayed its cause and is seen as disloyal.