Turncoat

Noun

 * 1) A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.

Synonyms

 * apostate, defector, renegade, traitor

Thesaurus
Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Judas-like, Quisling, Trojan-horse, Vicar of Bray, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, betraying, bolter, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convert, defector, deserter, double agent, double-crosser, double-crossing, double-dealer, fifth columnist, fifth-column, informer, intrigant, intriguer, machinator, mugwump, plotter, proselyte, quisling, quislingistic, rat, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, runagate, schemer, schismatic, seceder, secessionist, separatist, serpent, snake, spy, straggler, strikebreaker, tergiversant, tergiversator, timeserver, traitor, traitorous, treasonable, treasonist, treasonous, trimmer, turnabout, turntail, two-timing

Etymology
From.

Translations

 * Armenian: ռենեգատ, ուրացող, ,  փախստակ
 * Danish: vendekåbe
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German:, Überläuferin
 * Hungarian:
 * Italian:, , , giravolta, banderuola


 * Norwegian:.
 * Polish: zdrajca
 * Russian: ,  ,
 * Spanish:, rajeta,
 * Swedish: kappvändare, någon som vända kappan efter vinden, överlöpare