traditor

[ trad-i-ter ]

noun,plural trad·i·to·res [trad-i-tawr-eez, -tohr-]. /ˌtræd ɪˈtɔr iz, -ˈtoʊr-/.
  1. an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.

Origin of traditor

1
1325–75; Middle English <Latin trāditor traitor, equivalent to trādi-, variant stem of trādere (see tradition) + -tor-tor

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traditor

/ (ˈtrædɪtə) /


nounplural traditores (ˌtrædɪˈtɔːriːz) or traditors
  1. Early Church a Christian who betrayed his fellow Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions

Origin of traditor

1
C15: from Latin: traitor, from trādere to hand over

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