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trai·tor 
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| 1. | a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. |
| 2. | a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country. |
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trai·tor·ship, noun
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n. One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason. [Middle English, from Old French, from Latin trāditor, from trāditus, past participle of trādere, to betray; see tradition.] |
| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2006 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
traitor
c.1225, 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, © 2001 Douglas Harper |
| traitor | |
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| 1. | someone who betrays his country by committing treason |
| 2. | a person who says one thing and does another [syn: double-crosser] |
| WordNet® 3.0, © 2006 by Princeton University. |
traitor [ˈtreitə] noun
a person who changes to the enemy's side or gives away information to the enemy
Example: He was a traitor to his country.
Example: He was a traitor to his country.
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| Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary, © 2000-2006 K Dictionaries Ltd. |
Traitor
Be*tray"\ (b[-e]*tr[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Betrayed (-tr[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Betraying.] [OE. betraien, bitraien; pref. be- + OF. tra["i]r to betray, F. trahir, fr. L. tradere. See Traitor.]1. To deliver into the hands of an enemy by treachery or fraud, in violation of trust; to give up treacherously or faithlessly; as, an officer betrayed the city. Jesus said unto them, The Son of man shall be betrayed into the hands of men. --Matt. xvii. 22. 2. To prove faithless or treacherous to, as to a trust or one who trusts; to be false to; to deceive; as, to betray a person or a cause. But when I rise, I shall find my legs betraying me. --Johnson. 3. To violate the confidence of, by disclosing a secret, or that which one is bound in honor not to make known. Willing to serve or betray any government for hire. --Macaulay. 4. To disclose or discover, as something which prudence would conceal; to reveal unintentionally. Be swift to hear, but cautious of your tongue, lest you betray your ignorance. --T. Watts. 5. To mislead; to expose to inconvenience not foreseen to lead into error or sin. Genius . . . often betrays itself into great errors. --T. Watts. 6. To lead astray, as a maiden; to seduce (as under promise of marriage) and then abandon. 7. To show or to indicate; -- said of what is not obvious at first, or would otherwise be concealed. All the names in the country betray great antiquity. --Bryant.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Traitor
Tra*di"tion\, n. [OE. tradicioun, L. traditio, from tradere to give up, transmit. See Treason, Traitor.]1. The act of delivering into the hands of another; delivery. "A deed takes effect only from the tradition or delivery." --Blackstone. 2. The unwritten or oral delivery of information, opinions, doctrines, practices, rites, and customs, from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; the transmission of any knowledge, opinions, or practice, from forefathers to descendants by oral communication, without written memorials. 3. Hence, that which is transmitted orally from father to son, or from ancestors to posterity; knowledge or belief transmitted without the aid of written memorials; custom or practice long observed. Will you mock at an ancient tradition begun upon an honorable respect? --Shak. Naught but tradition remains of the beautiful village of Grand-Pr['e]. --Longfellow. 4. (Theol.) (a) An unwritten code of law represented to have been given by God to Moses on Sinai. Making the word of God of none effect through your tradition, which ye have delivered. --Mark vii. 13. (b) That body of doctrine and discipline, or any article thereof, supposed to have been put forth by Christ or his apostles, and not committed to writing. Stand fast, and hold the traditions which ye have been taught, whether by word or our epistle. --2 Thess. ii. 15. Tradition Sunday (Eccl.), Palm Sunday; -- so called because the creed was then taught to candidates for baptism at Easter.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
Traitor
Trad"i*tor\, n. [L., fr. tradere, traditum. See Traitor.] (Eccl. Hist.) A deliverer; -- a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. --Milner.| Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc. |
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