Turn-coat
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Turn-coat is a noun meaning Alternative form of turncoat.
Meaning
Alternative form of turncoat.
Example Sentences
You say you have no use for turn-coats, what use have you then for Luther, Calvin, Zwingli and Henry VIII? all turn-coats, because all were born Catholics.
On a visit to some friends at Worcester, he had the piece with him; meaning I suppose, to afford them a little amusement, at Southey's expense, he being held in great reproach, even contempt, as a turn-coat.
Indeed, he gave a lucid self-diagnosis of these competing tendencies when referring to the irony of his defection from Britain at the beginning of the First World War, describing himself as 'a coward, a turn-coat, whose lifework was to celebrate in music beauty-born-of-bravery!'
Word Forms
- turn-coats
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include turn-around, turnround, trenchcoat, volte face, coat trailing, blanketcoat.
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