defector

defector

English

Etymology

From Latin dēfector.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /dɪˈfɛktə(ɹ)/

Noun

defector (plural defectors)

1. One who defects.

Derived terms

• defector-in-place

Related terms

• defect
• defection
• defective
• deficiency
• deficient
• deficit

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 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 m Swedish: avhoppare (sv) c Turkish: sığınmacı (tr) Ukrainian: перебі́жчик m (perebížčyk), перебі́жчиця f (perebížčycja), дезерти́р m (dezertýr) Welsh: enciliwr m

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Latin

Etymology

dēfectus, perfect passive participle of dēficiō (“to desert”) +‎ -tor

Pronunciation

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

Noun

dēfector m (genitive dēfectōris); third declension

1. a deserter, rebel

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	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