The corpus record — Latin

defector

defector · m

one who revolts

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Where it lives

Nero 1 · 1.28/10k
Historiae 4 · 0.78/10k
Annales 3 · 0.34/10k

What it meant

dēfector — Lewis & Short

dēfector, ōris, m.deficio, no. I.,

I one who revolts from another; a revolter, rebel (post-Aug.): parata in defectores ultione, Tac. A. 1, 48; 12, 50 fin.; id. H. 3, 12; Suet. Ner. 43; Just. 16, 1, 13 al.: patris sui defectores, Tac. A. 11, 8.

In the wild

6 of 8 attestations shown.

Where it came from

No etymology authority pointer is recorded for this lemma yet — an honest gap, not an omission.

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