Meaning of Turncoat | Babel Free
ˈtəːn.kəʊtDefinitions
A traitor; one who turns against a previous affiliation or allegiance.
Equivalents
العربية
الإنتهازي
Cymraeg
gwrthgiliwr
Ελληνικά
αλλαξόπιστος
Español
cambiacasaca
cambiar de chaqueta
cambiar la chaqueta
chaquetear
chaquetero
renegado
tránsfuga
veleta
Galego
traidor
हिन्दी
दलबदलू
Magyar
köpönyegforgató
Հայերեն
դավաճան
日本語
裏切り者
Македонски
вртикапа
Português
vira-casaca
Kiswahili
popo
Türkçe
kancık
Examples
“But some will cry Turncoat, and rip up old stories, / How I always pretended to be for the tories: […]”
“Federal prosecutors say that in addition to turncoat witnesses, they are armed with secretly recorded conversations made in the Camden, N.J., office of Mr. Stanfa's lawyer, Salvatore Avena, who has also been indicted on racketeering charges.”
“The opposition members chanted slogans against the turncoats and termed the speaker’s attitude as partial. To them the speaker was promoting 'lotacracy' in the province, prompting them to chant 'go Speaker go', and 'lota speaker'.”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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