defector

English

Etymology

From Latin dēfector.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/
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Noun

defector (plural defectors)

One who defects.

Derived terms

defector-in-place

Related terms

Translations

one who defects

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: перабе́жчык m (pjerabjéžčyk), перабе́жчыца f (pjerabjéžčyca), дэзерці́р m (dezjercír), дэзэрты́р m (dezertýr)
Bulgarian: дезертьо́р (bg) m (dezertjór)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 背叛者 (zh) (bèipànzhě), (deserter) 逃兵 (zh) (táobīng), 變節者／变节者 (zh) (biànjiézhě), 脫北者／脱北者 (zh) (tuōběizhě) (North Korean defector)
Czech: přeběhlík (cs) m
Danish: afhopper c
Dutch: overloper (nl), (military) deserteur (nl)
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: petturi (fi), loikkari (fi)
French: transfuge (fr) m or f
Georgian: განდგომილი (gandgomili), რენეგატი (renegaṭi), საზღვარგარეთ გამქცევი (sazɣvargaret gamkcevi)
German: Überläufer (de) m, Überläuferin (de) f
Greek: αυτόμολος (el) m (aftómolos)
Hungarian: disszidens (hu)
Indonesian: pembelot (id)
Japanese: 離反者 (りはんしゃ, rihansha), 脱北者 (だっぽくしゃ, dappokusha) (North Korean defector)
Korean: 탈주자(脫走者) (taljuja), 탈영자(脫營者) (ko) (taryeongja), 변절자(變節者) (ko) (byeonjeolja), 탈북자(脫北者) (talbukja) (North Korean defector)
Latin: dēfector m, transfuga m
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Macedonian: дезерте́р m (dezertér)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: avhopper m
Polish: dezerter (pl) m, dezerterka (pl) f
Portuguese: desertor (pt) m, trânsfuga (pt) m or f
Romanian: please add this translation if you can
Russian: перебе́жчик (ru) m (perebéžčik), перебе́жчица (ru) f (perebéžčica), дезерти́р (ru) m (dezertír) (especially military), отсту́пник (ru) m (otstúpnik), отсту́пница (ru) f (otstúpnica)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: прѐбег m, прѐбјег m, прѐбеглица f, прѐбјеглица f

Roman: prèbeg (sh) m, prèbjeg (sh) m, prèbeglica (sh) f, prèbjeglica (sh) f
Slovak: prebehlík m, prebehlíčka f
Slovene: prebežnik m, prebežnica f
Spanish: tránsfuga (es) m, desertor (es) m
Swedish: avhoppare (sv) c
Turkish: sığınmacı (tr)
Ukrainian: перебі́жчик m (perebížčyk), перебі́жчиця f (perebížčycja), дезерти́р m (dezertýr)
Welsh: enciliwr m

Latin

Etymology

From dēficiō (“to desert”) +‎ -tor.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /deːˈfek.tor/, [d̪eːˈfɛkt̪ɔr]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /deˈfek.tor/, [d̪eˈfɛkt̪or]

Noun

dēfector m (genitive dēfectōris); third declension

a deserter, rebel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	dēfector	dēfectōrēs
genitive	dēfectōris	dēfectōrum
dative	dēfectōrī	dēfectōribus
accusative	dēfectōrem	dēfectōrēs
ablative	dēfectōre	dēfectōribus
vocative	dēfector	dēfectōrēs

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