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Defector

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Definition

A defector is someone who leaves a group, organization, or country to join another one, especially because of opposing beliefs.

Synonyms & similar words

deserter traitor renegade deserter turncoat rebel dissident runaway separatist fugitive migrant emigrant expatriate exile outcast apostate heretic schismatic nonconformist protester objector

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