turncoat

  • 11turncoat — [16] A turncoat is someone who abandons or betrays a group or cause and joins its opponents. The story goes – probably apocryphally – that there was once a Duke of Saxony whose territories abutted those of France. Clearly anxious always to make… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 12turncoat — one who goes to work/fight/play for the opposing side, traitor    That turncoat! He went to work for the competition Sears …

    English idioms

  • 13turncoat — noun (C) someone who stops supporting a political party or group and joins the opposing side: Casson was pilloried as a turncoat and a traitor …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 14turncoat — [16] A turncoat is someone who abandons or betrays a group or cause and joins its opponents. The story goes – probably apocryphally – that there was once a Duke of Saxony whose territories abutted those of France. Clearly anxious always to make… …

    Word origins

  • 15turncoat witness — A witness who was expected to be a friendly witness, but who becomes a hostile witness during the course of the trial. Category: Small Claims Court & Lawsuits Nolo’s Plain English Law Dictionary. Gerald N. Hill, Kathleen Thompson Hill. 2009 …

    Law dictionary

  • 16turncoat hogfish — juodadėmė kiauliasnukė lūpažuvė statusas T sritis zoologija | vardynas taksono rangas rūšis atitikmenys: lot. Bodianus axillaris angl. black spotted hogfish; turncoat hogfish rus. чернопятнистый бодиан ryšiai: platesnis terminas – kiauliasnukės… …

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  • 17turncoat — noun Date: 1557 one who switches to an opposing side or party; specifically traitor …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 18turncoat — /terrn koht /, n. a person who changes to the opposite party or faction, reverses principles, etc.; renegade. [1550 60; TURN + COAT] * * * …

    Universalium

  • 19turncoat — noun /ˈtəːn.kəʊt,ˈtɝn.koʊt/ A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance. Syn: apostate, defector, renegade, traitor …

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  • 20turncoat — Synonyms and related words: Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Judas like, Quisling, Trojan horse, Vicar of Bray, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, betraying, bolter, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver,… …

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