traitoress

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English[edit]

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Alternative forms[edit]

traitoresse, traitress, traitresse, traytoress, traytoresse, traytress, traytresse

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English traitresse, traytouresse, from Middle French traitresse, Anglo-Norman traiteresse, treiteresce; equivalent to traitor +‎ -ess.

Noun[edit]

traitoress (plural traitoresses)

(chiefly obsolete) A female traitor.

References[edit]

“traitoress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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