traitress

[ trey-tris ]

noun
  1. a woman who is a traitor.

Origin of traitress

1
1400–50; late Middle English traitresse<Old French; see traitor, -ess
  • Also trai·tor·ess [trey-ter-is]. /ˈtreɪ tər ɪs/.

Words Nearby traitress

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How to use traitress in a sentence

  • First I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress.

    The Lion's Brood | Duffield Osborne
  • Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.

  • Hereupon, methought, this traitress Dorcas hied back to the lady, and made report of what she had done.

    Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) | Samuel Richardson
  • So then he gat his sword in his hand and said: Thou traitress, what art thou that I have lain by all this night?

  • The subtitles fairly hissed to the sibilant swishing of such words as traitress, temptress, tigress and sorceress.

    Sundry Accounts | Irvin S. Cobb