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trad⋅i⋅tor

  [trad-i-ter]
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–noun, plural trad⋅i⋅to⋅res  [trad-i-tawr-eez, -tohr-] .
an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.
Origin:
1325–75; ME < L trāditor traitor, equiv. to trādi-, var. s. of trādere (see tradition ) + -tor -tor
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trad·i·tor   (trād'ĭ-tər)   
n.   pl. trad·i·to·res (-tôr'ēz, -tōr'-)
One of the early Christians who betrayed fellow Christians during the Roman persecutions.

[Middle English traditour, betrayer, from Latin trāditor, from trāditus, past participle of trādere, to betray, hand over; see tradition.]
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