deserter

Noun
  1. A disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. (synset 110026763)
    is a type of: quitter - a person who gives up too easily
    same as: apostate, ratter, recreant, renegade, turncoat
  2. A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) (synset 110026496)
    referred to in: armed forces, armed services, military, military machine, war machine - the military forces of a nation
    is a type of: offender, wrongdoer - a person who transgresses moral or civil law
    subtypes:
    • deviationist - an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
    • draft dodger, draft evader - someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
    • renegade - someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
    • walk-in - an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
    same as: defector

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