traitress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of traitress
1400–50; late Middle English traitresse < Old French; see traitor, -ess
Example Sentences
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The more central, social prob lem of the book resolves to this: Fleur Mont, called "snob" by free-and-easy, expressionistic Marjorie Ferrar, retorts with "traitress," "snake," "no morals."
From Time Magazine Archive
But after all, his duty was to his benefactors, and if she was the traitress they alleged she deserved no mercy.
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
I, a French girl, such a traitress as to love an enemy of my people!
From The Plowshare and the Sword A Tale of Old Quebec by John Trevena
La Belle Quéro might be a traitress, a conspirator, but was it his mission to unmask her?
From The Intriguers by William Le Queux
Was she not a traitress to her mistress?
From The Firebrand by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
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