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turntippet

noun

A traitor; a defector; a renegade.

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turncloak turncoat backstabber betrayer cockatrice double-crosser quisling rat

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Meanings

nounturntippet (plural turntippets)

plural turntippets

obsoleteA traitor; a defector; a renegade.
The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterers
c. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, A Confution of Unwritten Verities; republished in The Works of Thomas Cranmer, volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846, page 15
Synonyms: turncloak, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, cockatrice, double-crosser, quisling, rat

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA traitor; a defector; a renegade.

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turncloak turncoat backstabber betrayer cockatrice double-crosser quisling rat ratter recreant renegade serpent snake snake in the grass swike traitor treacher treacherer treasonist

Also see

apostate backstabber balimbing butterfly changeling defector runagate serpent snake snake in the grass traitor transfuge turncloak turncoat withersake wolf in sheep's clothing

Origin

From turn + tippet.

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APA

turntippet. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turntippet

MLA

“turntippet.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turntippet. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “turntippet,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/turntippet.

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