renegade English · revision 1644

+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈɹɛ.nəˌɡeɪd/ ''(UK)''; /ˈɹɛ.nɪˌɡeɪd/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is probably [[bor|es|renegado|t=a Christian turned Muslim; apostate]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) [[der|la-med|renegatus|t=one who has denied]],^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) past participle of ''renegāre'' “to deny”,^(AHD)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) from ''re-'' and [[la|negare|t=to deny]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU) It replaced Middle English ''renegat'' (about 1390), taken directly from Medieval Latin.^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline) It is related to [[renege]] and [[negate]].^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An apostate from a religious faith, especially a Christian who became a Muslim (1583).^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The general sense of a turncoat, one who deserts a party, person or principle for another, is from 1665.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline) The verb, to turn renegade, appears in 1611^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate) and the adjective in 1705.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate) In modern use the word also describes an outlaw or a person who rejects conventional behaviour.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * about 1390 – Middle English ''renegat''.^(Barnhart 1995)

+ * 1583 – an apostate.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1995)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1611 – verb.^(OED 1989)^(MW Collegiate)

+ * 1665 – a turncoat.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1705 – adjective.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)^(MW Collegiate)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A person who deserts a religion, cause or group for another; a [[traitor]] or [[deserter]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # An [[outlaw]] or [[rebel]]; a person who rejects lawful or conventional behaviour.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or like a renegade; [[traitorous]].^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(RHWU)^(Wiktionary)

+ # Unconventional.^(MW Collegiate)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ===Verb===

+ # To become a renegade.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)^(OED 1989)^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[negate]]

+ * [[abnegate]]

+ * [[negative]]

+ * [[renege]]

+ * [[apostate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}