- deserter, apostate, renegade, turncoat, recreant, ratter - a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc.
--1 is a kind of quitter
Derived forms: verb desert2, verb desert1 - deserter, defector - a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
--2 is a kind of wrongdoer, offender
--2 has particulars:deviationist; draft dodger, draft evader; renegade; walk-in Derived forms: verb desert2, verb desert1