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Webster 1913 Edition

(tûrn′kōtˊ)

Noun.

One who forsakes his party or his principles; a renegade; an apostate; a defector to the enemy.

He is a

turncoat

, he was not true to his profession.

Bunyan.

Noun.

[turn and coat.] One who forsakes his party or principles.