'defector' definitions:
Definition of 'defector'
From: WordNet
noun
A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post) [syn: deserter, defector]
Synonyms of 'defector'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- apostate,
- backslider,
- bolter,
- collaborationist,
- collaborator,
- convert,
- deserter,
- fifth columnist,
- mugwump,
- proselyte,
- quisling,
- rat,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- renegade,
- renegado,
- renegate,
- reversionist,
- runagate,
- schismatic,
- seceder,
- secessionist,
- separatist,
- strikebreaker,
- tergiversant,
- tergiversator,
- traitor,
- turnabout,
- turncoat,
- turntail