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traitor
[
trey
-ter
]
Origin
trai·tor
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ˈtreɪ
tər
/
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[
trey
-ter
]
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noun
1.
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
2.
a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.
Origin:
1175–1225;
Middle English
<
Old French
<
Latin
trāditōr-,
stem of
trāditor
betrayer.
See
traditor
Related forms
trai·tor·ship,
noun
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traitor
(ˈtreɪtə)
—
n
a person who is guilty of treason or treachery, in betraying friends, country, a cause or trust, etc
[C13: from Old French
traitour
, from Latin
trāditor
traditor
]
'traitorous
—
adj
'traitorously
—
adv
'traitorship
—
n
'traitress
—
fem n
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
2009 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
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traitor
early 13c., from O.Fr. traitor (11c.), from L. traditorem (nom. traditor) "betrayer," lit. "one who delivers," from stem of tradere "deliver, surrender" (see
tradition
). Originally usually with a suggestion of Judas Iscariot.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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