"turntippet" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: turntippets [plural]
Etymology: From turn + tippet. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|turn|tippet}} turn + tippet Head templates: {{en-noun}} turntippet (plural turntippets)
  1. (obsolete) A traitor; a defector; a renegade. Tags: obsolete Derived forms: turn tippet
    Sense id: en-turntippet-en-noun-~ClZC1T5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English exocentric verb-noun compounds, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Synonyms: turncloak, turncoat, backstabber, betrayer, double-crosser, quisling, rat, ratter, recreant, renegade, serpent, snake, snake in the grass, swike [dialectal, obsolete], traitor, treacher [archaic], treacherer [archaic, uncommon], treasonist, turntippet [obsolete], withersake [archaic], wolf in sheep's clothing, apostate, balimbing [Philippines], butterfly [Philippines], changeling [archaic, figuratively], defector, runagate, traitor, transfuge [dated], turncloak [rare], turncoat, turntippet [obsolete], withersake [archaic]

Inflected forms

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  "etymology_text": "From turn + tippet.",
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        {
          "word": "turn tippet"
        }
      ],
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              50,
              61
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "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:",
          "text": "The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterers",
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        }
      ],
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        "(obsolete) A traitor; a defector; a renegade."
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        {
          "word": "turncloak"
        },
        {
          "word": "turncoat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "backstabber"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "betrayer"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "double-crosser"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "quisling"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "rat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "ratter"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "recreant"
        },
        {
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          "word": "renegade"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "serpent"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "snake"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "snake in the grass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
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        {
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "treacher"
        },
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        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "treasonist"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
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          "word": "turntippet"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "withersake"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "wolf in sheep's clothing"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "word": "apostate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
            "Philippines"
          ],
          "word": "balimbing"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
            "Philippines"
          ],
          "word": "butterfly"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
            "archaic",
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          "word": "changeling"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "word": "runagate"
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          "word": "traitor"
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        {
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          "word": "transfuge"
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          "word": "double-crosser"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "quisling"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "rat"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "ratter"
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        {
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          "word": "recreant"
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        {
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        {
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          "word": "serpent"
        },
        {
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          "word": "snake"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "snake in the grass"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "swike"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
          "word": "traitor"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
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          "word": "treacher"
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        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:betrayer",
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        },
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          "word": "turntippet"
        },
        {
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          "word": "withersake"
        },
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          "word": "wolf in sheep's clothing"
        },
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          "word": "apostate"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "balimbing"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "butterfly"
        },
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "changeling"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "word": "defector"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "word": "runagate"
        },
        {
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          "word": "traitor"
        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "transfuge"
        },
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          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "tags": [
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          ],
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        },
        {
          "source": "Thesaurus:defector",
          "word": "turncoat"
        },
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