Apostate
,—one who barters his political principles for a sum of money; for a pension, a place, or a garter. Dumourier, Pitt, Burke, Moria, and other Great men.
,—one who barters his political principles for a sum of money; for a pension, a place, or a garter. Dumourier, Pitt, Burke, Moria, and other Great men.
Entry taken from Political Dictionary, edited by Charles Pigott from prison and printed in 1795.