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   A complete guide to the word "DEFECTOR": definitions, pronunciations, synonyms, grammar insights, collocations, examples, and translations.

   • DEFECTOR definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

     A defector is someone who leaves their country, political...

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   A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an.... Click for English pronunciations, examples sentences, video.

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   There is one meaning in OED's entry for the noun defector.See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.

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   DEFECTOR definition: 1. someone who leaves a country, political party, etc., especially in order to join an opposing…. Learn more.

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   Dictionary definition of defector. An individual who has abandoned or renounced their previous allegiance, loyalty, or support to a group, organization, country, or cause. "The intelligence agency recruited the defector as a double agent." Detailed meaning of defector. A defector is someone who has made the conscious decision to separate ...

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   A person who quits something, despite a perceived duty or obligation, is a defector. If you abandon the Boston Red Sox to root for the New York Yankees instead, your fellow Bostonians will consider you a defector.

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   What does defector mean?

   • Dictionary definition of defector An individual who has abandoned or renounced their previous allegiance, loyalty, or support to a group, organization, country, or cause. "The intelligence agency recruited the defector as a double agent." Detailed meaning of defector

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   What is a defector in politics?

   • A defector is someone who leaves their country, political party, or other group, and joins an opposing country, party, or group. Will there be any more defectors? Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers Most material © 2005, 1997, 1991 by Penguin Random House LLC.

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   What is a synonym for 'defector'?

   • On this page you'll find 21 synonyms for 'defector', such as deserter, renegade, turncoat, apostate, betrayer, and recreant. It’s Not Hearsay, It’s Here: The Synonym Of The Day Quiz!

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   What makes a person a defector?

   • In politics, defectors abandon their home countries and claim allegiance to another. A person can only be a defector if the first state forbids such a change and considers it illegal or illegitimate, as the government of North Korea does when one of its citizens leaves the country. Abandoning a military post also makes someone a defector.

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   What are the characteristics of a defector?

   • 1. The defector, once loyal, now exposes the regime's secrets to the world. 2. She became a defector, trading loyalty for a chance at freedom. 3. Every defector has a story of courage, fear, and a pursuit of truth. 4. As a defector, John revealed dark truths hidden by his former allies. 5.

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   Where did the word defector come from?

   • The earliest known use of the noun defector is in the early 1600s. OED's earliest evidence for defector is from 1615, in the writing of Edwin Sandys, politician and colonial entrepreneur. defector is a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: Latin dēfector.

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   Nov 9, 2017 · Definition of defector noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.