Deserter (8)
'deserter' is the definition.
(both can mean a traitor)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for rat that I've seen before include "Despicable person" , "Strike-breaker" , "one escaping doomed vessel?" , "Rodent pest" , "Desert - rodent" .)
'deserter' is the definition.
(I know that renegade is a type of deserter)
This is all the clue.
(Other definitions for renegade that I've seen before include "Perfidious" , "disloyal type" , "Dare Gene to become a rebel" , "Traitor" , "Treacherous person" .)