renegado

"Well," says William, immediately, "but art thou a Christian or a heathen, or what we call a renegado?"

The Life, Adventures & Piracies of the Famous Captain Singleton Daniel Defoe 1696

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, renegade's earliest meanings had to do with deserting one's religion, coming from the Spanish word renegado, originally Christian turned Muslim.

Sadly, No! 2008

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Renegade's earliest meanings had to do with deserting one's religion, coming from the Spanish word "renegado," originally "Christian turned Muslim."

Newsvine - Get Smarter Here 2008

"According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, Renegade's earliest meanings had to do with deserting one's religion, coming from the Spanish word 'renegado,' originally 'Christian turned Muslim.'"

Codename POTUS - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

When I came to the word renegado, after telling that it meant one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter, I added, "Sometimes we say, a Gower."

On Dictionaries 1969

When I came to the word renegado, after telling that it meant one who deserts to the enemy, a revolter, I added, "Sometimes we say, a Gower."

On Dictionaries 1924

We have remarked before on the curious fact of how the "renegado," or Christian turned Mohammedan, became the most implacable foe of his former co-religionists.

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

Although the "renegado" was very much in evidence in the vessels of the

Sea-Wolves of the Mediterranean E. Hamilton Currey

According to the Online Etymology Dictionary, renegade's earliest meanings had to do with deserting one's religion, coming from the Spanish "renegado", originally "Christian turned Muslim".

unknown title 2008

"renegado," an attack which Coleridge did his best to parry by contributing articles to the _Courier_ on "Apostasy and Renegadoism"

The Works of Lord Byron. Vol. 3 George Gordon Byron Byron 1806