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Meanings of
defector
in English
Portuguese
desertor
Catalan
desertor
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A person who abandons their duty (as on a military post)
deserter
Portuguese
desertor
One who defects.
Related terms
occupation
Usage of
defector
in English
1
That followed information from a Russian
defector
and a major FBI investigation.
2
Lee Harvey Oswald, a former US marine and Soviet
defector
,
is arrested.
3
They even get high-end gifts like televisions and bicycles, the
defector
said.
4
Australian full-back Greg Inglis could be the next big rugby league
defector
.
5
I nodded, blowing smoke out through my nostrils, feeling like a
defector
.
6
He saw immediately the need to create a new structure around the
defector
.
7
The
defector
said Kim was actually on a humanitarian mission to North Korea.
8
South Korea has said there is no evidence the returning
defector
was infected.
9
North Korean
defector
Yeonmi Park never thought she could tell anyone her story.
10
He's a foreign national, a
defector
from the former Soviet Republic of Georgia.
11
These days Peter Weir, an Ulster Unionist
defector
,
does precisely that.
12
Official sources in Seoul named the
defector
in Egypt as Ambassador Jang Seung-il.
13
Thae is the highest-level
defector
from North Korea in two decades.
14
But that is what the 22-year-old North Korean
defector
has chosen to do.
15
Kevin the
defector
laughed, as if the detective was a comedian.
16
The high-profile poisoning of
defector
Sergei Skripal and his daughter failed.
Other examples for "defector"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
About this term
defector
Noun
Singular
Frequent collocations
korean defector
military defector
russian defector
soviet defector
iraqi defector
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Translations for
defector
Portuguese
desertor
Catalan
desertor
trànsfuga
Defector
through the time
Defector
across language varieties
United States of America
Common