traitor

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See also: traïtor

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor.

Pronunciation

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  • Homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
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  • Rhymes: -eɪtə(ɹ)

Noun

traitor (plural traitors)

  1. Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished
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  2. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
  3. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
    Synonyms: betrayer, fink

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See also

Verb

traitor (third-person singular simple present traitors, present participle traitoring, simple past and past participle traitored)

  1. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Translations

Adjective

traitor (comparative more traitor, superlative most traitor)

  1. traitorous
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Translations


Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin trāditor, trāditorem.

Noun

traitor oblique singularm (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitre, nominative plural traitor)

  1. traitor

Related terms

Descendants

  • English: traitor
  • French: traître
  • Norman: traître (Jersey)
  • Walloon: traite

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin trāditor, trāditorem.

Noun

traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitors, nominative plural traitor)

  1. traitor

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