REN'EGADE, RENEGA'DO, noun [Latin re and nego, to deny.] 1. An apostate from the faith. 2. One who deserts to an enemy; a deserter. 3. A vagabond. [This is the sense in which this word is mostly used in popular language.]
Source: Webster's 1828 American Dictionary ↗ · public-domain · returned verbatim, no AI