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Definition of Turncoat

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

Definition of Turncoat

1. n. One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate.

Definition of Turncoat

1. Noun. A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance. ¹

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Definition of Turncoat

1. a traitor [n -S] - See also: traitor

Lexicographical Neighbors of Turncoat

Literary usage of Turncoat

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Remains, Historical and Literary, Connected with the Palatine Counties of by Chetham Society (1883)
"Whether he was a " turncoat," like the Vicar of Bray, will not admit of much question. He was sometimes reproached in Rochdale, as might have been expected, ..."

2. Becket by Alfred Tennyson Tennyson (1884)
"... DE TRACY, and others (flinging wisps of rushes). Ay, go in peace, caitiff, caitiff! And that too, perjured prelate—and that, turncoat ..."

3. The Vicars of Rochdale by Francis Robert Raines (1883)
"Whether he was a "turncoat," like the Vicar of Bray, will not admit of much question. He was sometimes reproached in Rochdale, as might have been expected, ..."

4. The Correspondence of Madame Du Noyer by Du Noyer (Anne Marguerite Petit), Florence Louisa Layard (1890)
"... Camus—Her present to the King—-Her poetry—Monsieur Pellisson—Monsieur de la Bastide—A turncoat—A propos retort—Gascon wit—The Marquis de Tierce- ville—" ..."

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