turntippet
English
Etymology
turn + tippet
Noun
turntippet (plural turntippets)
- (obsolete) A traitor; a defector; a renegade.
- c. 1556, Cranmer, Thomas, A Confution of Unwritten Verities; republished in The Works of Thomas Cranmer, volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846, page 15:
- The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterers
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Synonyms
- turncoat
Derived terms
- turn tippet