turntippet

English

Etymology

turn +‎ tippet

Noun

turntippet (plural turntippets)

1. (obsolete) A traitor; a defector; a renegade.
   • c. 1556, Thomas Cranmer, A Confution of Unwritten Verities; republished in The Works of Thomas Cranmer‎^[1], volume 2, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1846, page 15:

     The priests, for the most part, were doublefaced, turntippets, and flatterers

Synonyms

• turncoat

Derived terms

• turn tippet