DefectorWordNet Explorer
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noun
a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
Words in this synset: deserter
noun
a person who transgresses moral or civil law
noun
the military forces of a nation
noun
an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
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someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
noun
someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw
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an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum