Akademik

deserter

noun

1. a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.

• Syn: ↑apostate, ↑renegade, ↑turncoat, ↑recreant, ↑ratter

• Derivationally related forms:

↑rat (for: ↑ratter), ↑recreant (for: ↑recreant), ↑renegade (for: ↑renegade), ↑apostate (for: ↑apostate), ↑apostatize (for: ↑apostate), ↑apostatise (for: ↑apostate), ↑desert

• Hypernyms: ↑quitter

2. a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)

• Syn: ↑defector

• Derivationally related forms: ↑defect (for: ↑defector), ↑desert

• Topics: ↑military, ↑armed forces, ↑armed services, ↑military machine, ↑war machine

• Hypernyms: ↑wrongdoer, ↑offender

• Hyponyms: ↑deviationist, ↑draft dodger, ↑draft evader, ↑renegade, ↑walk-in

Useful english dictionary. 2012.