defector
UK/dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/
defector noun: one who defects.
Noun
defector (plural defectors)
- One who defects.
- Synonyms:
- apostate, turncoat, balimbing, butterfly, changeling, runagate, traitor, transfuge, turncloak, turntippet
defector meaning in Urdu, Bengali, Malayalam and Kannada
defector in Urdu
- غدار, مفرور, مرتد
defector in Bengali
- defector; turncoat
- পল্টিবাজ polṭibaj
defector in Malayalam
- turncoat, deserter, traitor
- കൂറുമാറ്റക്കാരൻ, സ്വപക്ഷത്യാഗി, ഒളിച്ചോടിപ്പോയ പട്ടാളക്കാരൻ, ശത്രുപക്ഷത്തു ചേർന്നവൻ, രാജ്യദ്രോഹി, ദേശവിരുദ്ധൻ
defector in Kannada
- ದೇಶ, ತ್ಯಾಗಿ, ಪಕ್ಷಾಂತರಿ, ದೇಶಾಂತರಿ, ಪಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಮಾಡುವವ, ಪಕ್ಷಾಂತರ ಮಾಡುವವನು
More languagesFewer languages
- defector in Indonesian
- pembelot
Synonyms of defector
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Forms of defector
| plural | defectors |
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Origin of defector
Borrowed from Latin dēfector.
Words formed from defector
Questions about defector
- What does defector mean?
- Defector means one who defects.
- What is defector in Urdu?
- Defector in Urdu is غدار, مفرور, مرتد. See Defector meaning in Urdu.
- What part of speech is defector?
- Defector is a noun.
- How do you pronounce defector?
- Defector is pronounced /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/ (UK).
- What is the plural of defector?
- The plural of defector is defectors.
Words near defector in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: defector (page history and authors); defector (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); পল্টিবাজ (Bengali) (page history and authors); defector (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license); defector (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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