traditor

[trad-i-ter]

noun, plural trad·i·to·res

[trad-i-tawr-eez, -tohr-] /ˌtræd ɪˈtɔr iz, -ˈtoʊr-/.

an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.

Origin of traditor

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

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Historical Examples of traditor

He, while he was still a sub-deacon, was most unmistakeably entered as a traditor in the archives of the city.
Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy
Aurelius Augustine
We must therefore consider and declare how far the traditor is to be accounted dead while yet alive.
Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy
Aurelius Augustine
Augustine answered: You do not prove that I, whom you wish to baptize afresh, am either a persecutor or a traditor.
Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy
Aurelius Augustine
It is nothing to the point if you should say, I am not a traditor, I am not an offerer of incense, I am not a persecutor.
Writings in Connection with the Donatist Controversy
Aurelius Augustine

British Dictionary definitions for traditor

traditor

noun plural traditores (ˌtrædɪˈtɔːriːz) or traditors

Early Church a Christian who betrayed his fellow Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions

Word Origin for traditor

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

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