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traitor

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trai⋅tor

  [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; ME < OF < L trāditōr-, s. of trāditor betrayer. See traditor

Related forms:
trai⋅tor⋅ship, noun
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trai·tor   (trā'tər)   
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.]
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Word Origin & History

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
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