Definition of "defector" [defector]

• One who defects. (noun)

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• "Department has declared that the defector is a liar, and has discounted his report."
• "The latest defector is Rep. Jason Altmire, who represents the Pittsburgh suburbs in Pennsylvania."
• "He was an early defector from the NHS (and went fully private by the early 1970s) so he was alert to some problems that Belgium was having with its doctors."