deserter

• Sustantivo que designa a una persona que abandona su deber, puesto o lealtad, especialmente un soldado que deja el servicio militar sin permiso, o alguien que traiciona una causa o a un amigo.

A noun referring to a person who abandons their duty, post, or allegiance, especially a soldier who leaves military service without permission, or someone who betrays a cause or friend.

1. Military deserterB2formal

   A person who abandons their military duty or post without permission, especially with the intention of not returning.

   Desertor militar

   • The deserter was captured and court-martialed.
   • During the war, many soldiers were labeled as deserters for fleeing the battlefield.
   • The army issued a warrant for the arrest of the deserter.

   Sinónimosabsconderdefectorfugitiverenegaderunawayturncoat

2. Betrayer of a cause or groupB2formal

   A disloyal person who abandons a cause, religion, political party, or friend, often considered a traitor.

   Traidor a una causa

   • He was seen as a deserter of the political movement he once championed.
   • The community shunned him as a deserter after he left the religious group.
   • She called him a deserter for abandoning their shared goals.

   Sinónimosapostatebetrayerdefectorquislingratrecreantrenegadetraitorturncoat

   Antónimosadherentbelieverfollowerloyalistsupporter