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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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
And yet, one is being hailed a trailblazer, while the other is deemed a traitor.
From BBC
Set in the Scottish Highlands, the contestants complete a number of challenges to win money for the prize pot and must try to root out and banish the traitors at a roundtable discussion each night.
From BBC
With that I put all thoughts of traitors and worms aside—finally, we are going to visit the beach!
From Literature
“I think it’s time that we abandon this disrespectful word malinchista to refer to someone as a traitor to Mexico,” said Roberto Pineda, 61, a cafe owner who enjoyed the spectacle.
From Los Angeles Times
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