transfuge

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transfuge - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Transfuge \Trans"fuge\, Transfugitive \Trans*fu"gi*tive\, n. [L.
     transfuga; trans across, over + fugere to flee.]
     One who flees from one side to another; hence, a deserter; a
     turncoat; an apostate. [R.]
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