| has gloss | (noun) a person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
deserter, defector |
| lexicalization | eng: defector |
| lexicalization | eng: deserter |
| subclass of | (noun) a person who transgresses moral or civil law
offender, wrongdoer |
| Note: 6 other subclass(es) ommited in the following list |
| has subclass | (noun) an ideological defector from the party line (especially from orthodox communism)
deviationist |
| has subclass | (noun) someone who is drafted and illegally refuses to serve
draft dodger, draft evader |
| has subclass | (noun) an operative who initiates his own defection (usually to a hostile country) for political asylum
walk-in |
| has subclass | c/American defectors to China |
| has subclass | c/American defectors to the Soviet Union |
| has subclass | c/American defectors |
| has subclass | c/British defectors to East Germany |
| has subclass | c/British defectors to the Soviet Union |
| has subclass | c/British defectors |
| has subclass | c/Bulgarian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Chinese defectors |
| has subclass | c/Cuban defectors |
| has subclass | c/Czechoslovak defectors |
| has subclass | c/Defectors by nationality |
| has subclass | c/Defectors from Conservative MEPs |
| has subclass | c/Defectors from Liberal Democrat MEPs |
| has subclass | c/Defectors to East Germany |
| has subclass | c/Defectors to Liberal Democrat MEPs |
| has subclass | c/Defectors to the Soviet Union |
| has subclass | c/East German defectors |
| has subclass | c/Eastern Bloc defectors |
| has subclass | c/French defectors |
| has subclass | c/German defectors to the Soviet Union |
| has subclass | c/German defectors |
| has subclass | c/Hungarian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Iranian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Iraqi defectors |
| has subclass | c/Italian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Polish defectors |
| has subclass | c/Romanian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Saudi Arabian defectors |
| has subclass | c/South Korean defectors |
| has subclass | c/Soviet defectors to the United Kingdom |
| has subclass | c/Soviet defectors to the United States |
| has subclass | c/Soviet defectors |
| has subclass | c/Taiwanese defectors |
| has subclass | c/Ukrainian defectors |
| has subclass | c/Vietnamese defectors |
| has subclass | c/Yugoslavian defectors |
| has subclass | e/Hizb Franca |