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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Judas-like, Quisling, Trojan-horse, Vicar of Bray, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, betraying, bolter, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convert, defector, deserter, double agent, double-crosser, double-crossing, double-dealer, fifth columnist, fifth-column, informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, mugwump, plotter, proselyte, quisling, quislingistic, rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schemer, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, separatist, serpent, snake, spy, straggler, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, timeserver, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonist, treasonous, trimmer, turnabout, turntail, two-timing

Dictionary Results for turncoat:

1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

turncoat
    n 1: a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or
         religion or political party or friend etc. [syn:
         deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant,
         ratter]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Turncoat \Turn"coat`\ (t[^u]rn"k[=o]t`), n.
   One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an
   apostate; a defector to the enemy.
   [1913 Webster]

         He is a turncoat, he was not true to his profession.
                                                  --Bunyan.
   [1913 Webster]

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