defector

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin dēfector. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/ === Noun === defector (plural defectors) One who defects. Synonyms: apostate, turncoat; see also Thesaurus:defector Hypernyms: person; see also Thesaurus:person ==== Derived terms ==== defector-in-place ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Latin == === Etymology === From dēficiō (“to desert”) + -tor. === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [deːˈfɛk.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [deˈfɛk.tor] === Noun === dēfector m (genitive dēfectōris); third declension a deserter, rebel ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. === References === “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “defector”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers