Wikipedia:Articles for deletion/Turncoat
I do think the subject meets , by the sources identified in this discussion.   doesn't seem to apply here: "In some cases, a word or phrase itself may be an encyclopedic subject. .... such articles must go beyond what would be found in a dictionary entry (definition, pronunciation, etymology, use information, etc.), and include information on the social or historical significance of the term." It seems clear to me that the sourcing exists beyond dictionary information to provide social and historical context, as a good encyclopedia entry should. Additional background from historian Andrew Hopper (see quotes).{{cite journal |last1=Hopper |first1=Andrew |title=The Self-Fashioning of Gentry Turncoats during the English Civil Wars |journal=Journal of British Studies |date=2010 |volume=49 |issue=2 |pages=236–257 |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/23265201 |issn=0021-9371 | quote = The words ''turncoat'' and ''renegado'', with the latter also implying apostasy, were in considerable use by the early seventeenth century, and both carried deeply negative connotations. The former was employed in John Foxe’s ''Acts and Monuments'' by 1570 and on the stage in Thomas Middleton’s ''Game at Chess'' by 1624. The civil wars made these terms more widespread, and defectors among the English gentry clearly did not wish to be associated with them.}}{{cite journal |last1=Hopper |first1=Andrew |title=Turncoats and Renegadoes: Changing Sides during the English Civil Wars |date=15 November 2012 |doi=10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199575855.001.0001 |quote=Alongside 'Roundhead rogue' and 'popish Cavalier' stood 'turncoat'—a term in use since the 1560s but increasingly employed during the civil wars. From usage at Oxford and Westminster, it penetrated into everyday conversations in provincial villages and towns. Henry Cholmley, constable of Tunstall in Yorkshire's North Riding, stood accused of berating his neighbours as 'turncoats, saying they were not worthy to come into honest men's company
— User:Suriname0, 14:03, 3 September 2021 (UTC)
Stance: keep
Cited policy: WP:GNG||WP:NOTDIC (Wikipedia:Notability)