DEFECTIONIST meaning: Person who abandons their allegiance - OneLook

Usually means: Person who abandons their allegiance.

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defectionist: Collins English Dictionary
defectionist: Wordnik
defectionist: Wiktionary
Defectionist: Dictionary.com
Defectionist: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
defectionist: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
Defectionist: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
defectionist: FreeDictionary.org
Defectionist: TheFreeDictionary.com

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▸ noun: Someon who advocates or encourages defection.

Similar:

defectionism, disloyalist, diversionist, emigrationist, renegade, secessionist, withdrawalist, retreatist, defiant, factionalist, more...

Opposite:

loyalist, supporter, adherent

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Similar:

defectionism, disloyalist, diversionist, emigrationist, renegade, secessionist, withdrawalist, retreatist, defiant, factionalist, more...

Opposite:

loyalist, supporter, adherent

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