abandoner

noun

as in traitor

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  1. traitor
  2. leaver
  3. turncoat
  4. dropout
  5. betrayer
  6. rebel
  7. insurgent
  8. mutineer
Noun
  • Aside from his surprise heartthrob status, the British comedian has been vocal about feeling anxious as a traitor.
    — Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 19 Oct. 2026
  • Abby became suspicious of Kuehl during a private conversation about possible traitors in the group.
    — Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of traitor
Noun
  • Several aspects of the turnover process affect the likelihood that a leaver will recommend their former firm.
    — Joseph Brazel, Forbes.com, 19 Jan. 2026
Definition of leaver
Noun
  • Between those movies, mostly offscreen, Vision and Ultron’s turncoat lackey Wanda Maximoff (Elizabeth Olsen) fell in love.
    — Tasha Robinson, Vulture, 14 Oct. 2026
  • The Conservatives, currently led by Kemi Badenoch, slammed Braverman following her defection, characterizing her as an inevitable turncoat and questioning her mental faculties.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 26 Jan. 2026
Definition of turncoat
Noun
  • Gibney shows the photogenic Stanford dropout’s evolution into a major celebrity and tech power broker, rubbing shoulders with world leaders.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Arthur Conti’s Billy is a high school dropout who works on a farm when not dealing drugs to partying high schoolers.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of dropout
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  • The inferno that follows, as the betrayer’s dragon sets fire to both armies and then Tumbleton itself, will be rendered with both practical flames and CGI.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
  • Then go ahead and depict the country’s prime minister as the betrayer of Christ.
    — David Frum, The Atlantic, 21 May 2026
Definition of betrayer
Noun
  • The war next door United Nations experts have documented Rwandan military support for M23 rebels, which have seized territory in eastern DRC.
    — Nimi Princewill, CNN Money, 22 Oct. 2026
  • But the rebels also have an array of relatively cheap drones, including weapons supplied by Iran, and locally made copies of Iranian attack drones.
    — Frank Andrews, CBS News, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of rebel
Noun
  • Khalilzad on Friday wrote on X that there had been reports of Pakistan arming Afghans to fight the Taliban inside Afghanistan and of the Pakistani military recruiting Afghans to fight anti-Pakistan insurgents.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 2026
  • President Emmanuel Macron has been the primary target of scorn following nationwide riots that overtook Paris and other cities, but the insurgent National Rally does not want to let mainstream conservatives off the hook.
    — Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of insurgent
Noun
  • Analysts say the clashes at the Base 101 at the Niamey international airport could have gone either way because of the mutineers’ determination and large numbers until the Russian troops stepped in.
    — Chinedu Asadu, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • The fate of the mutineers was not immediately clear and authorities did not disclose any charges against them.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of mutineer
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