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Renegade [\N] Webster's Dictionary 1828

1. REN'EGADE ,

2. RENEGA'DO, noun [Latin re and nego, to deny.]

3. An apostate from the faith.

4. One who deserts to an enemy; a deserter.

5. A vagabond. [This is the sense in which this word is mostly used in popular language.]

Renegade [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. One faithless to principle or party.

2. An apostate from Christianity or from any form of religious faith.

3. One who deserts from a military or naval post; a deserter.

4. A common vagabond; a worthless or wicked fellow.