renegade adj : having deserted a cause or principle; "some provinces had proved recreant"; "renegade supporters of the usurper" [syn: recreant]

1 someone who rebels and becomes an outlaw

2 a disloyal person who betrays or deserts his cause or religion or political party or friend etc. [syn: deserter, apostate, turncoat, recreant, ratter] v : break with established customs [syn: rebel]

English

Etymology

From renegado, from Medieval Latin renegatus, perfect participle of renego. See also renege.

Pronunciation

• /ˈɹɛnɪˌgeɪd/, /"rEnI%geId/

Noun

1. An outlaw or rebel.

Translations

seealso Renegades

Renegade may refer to:

• Renegade (Middle Ages), a term for a fallen Christian or a knight without allegiance. From Spanish renegado, from Medieval Latin renegatus, perfect participle of renego deny. See also: Ronin.

In music:

• Green Renegade, a breakbeat DJ and psychedelic music producer
• Renegade, a rock band popular in the 1980s featuring drummer Luis Cardenas
• Renegade (album), an album and song by rock band Thin Lizzy
• "Renegade" (Thin Lizzy song) from the album of the same name.
• Renegade (HammerFall album), released in 2000 by Swedish power metal band Hammerfall
• "Renegade" (ATB song)
• "Renegade" (Styx song)
• "Renegade" (Steppenwolf song)
• "Renegade" (Warren Zevon song)
• "Renegade" (Abandoned Pools song)
• "Renegade" (Jay-Z song), a song by Jay-Z and Eminem from the album The Blueprint, originally performed by Royce Da 5'9 and Eminem
• "Renegades of Funk", a song by Afrika Bambaataa, covered by Rage Against the Machine

In games:

• Command & Conquer: Renegade, a first-person shooter video game
• Renegade (video game), a 1986 video game
• Renegade Legion, a board game series including the video game Renegade: the Battle for Jacob's Star
• Renegade Software, a games publisher of the 1990s

In sports:

• Renegade, the ring name of professional wrestler Rick Williams
• Chief Osceola and Renegade, the symbols of the Florida State University Seminoles
• The athletic teams mascot of Bakersfield College (Bakersfield, CA) are The Renegades
• Renegade a term used to desribe an offshore sailor with great endurance. See Renegading - the act of completing an offshore race without sleep.

In television and film:

• Renegade (TV series), produced by Stephen J. Cannell
• Renegade (film), a 1987 Italian film
• Renegade, the US title of the French movie Blueberry, l'expérience secrète

Other:

• The Renegade, a short story by Albert Camus, first published in the collection Exile and the Kingdom
• Renegade (BBS), a bulletin board system written for IBM PC-compatible computers running MS-DOS
• The Dell XPS 600 Renegade, a model in the Dell XPS (Xtreme Performance System) line of computers
• Renegade show, a frequent event at juggling conventions
• Renegade − a model of the Jeep CJ series of vehicles
• Renegade (roller coaster), a wooden roller coaster at Valleyfair in Shakopee, Minnesota
• Renegade (DC Comics), the "evil" identity taken on by Dick Grayson/Nightwing

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