traitor
Americannoun
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a person who betrays another person, a cause, or any trust.
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a person who commits treason by betraying their country.
noun
Other Word Forms
- traitorous adjective
- traitorously adverb
- traitorship noun
- traitress noun
Etymology
Origin of traitor
First recorded in 1175–1225; Middle English from Old French from Latin trāditōr-, stem of trāditor “betrayer”; traditor
Example Sentences
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Some have already visited her in County Down including her fellow winning traitor.
From BBC
"But if he is a traitor, he doesn't deserve it," Walesa added, arguing that for the moment, "it's too early to judge".
From Barron's
"They consider me a traitor," Maria, 48, told AFP.
From Barron's
“Maybe they think of me as a dirty traitor,” Koh said.
Long condemned as a traitor, Malinche is being reimagined as a brilliant Indigenous survivor whose intelligence and resilience helped shape Mexico, amid a feminist and cultural reckoning that is rewriting her place in history.
From Los Angeles Times
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