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/.

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How to use traitress in a sentence

  • She ties my arms—she straps me down in bed—the false traitoress!

    The Gold Brick | Ann S. Stephens
  • Still, to picture the poor signora as a traitoress, in the pay of that villain Mocenigo, is too absurd.

  • Are you the confirmed traitoress of the trust reposed in you by my late lamented, dearest, 181 and most noble of fathers?

    Irene Iddesleigh | Amanda McKittrick Ros
  • "The traitoress has the infamy to smile at me—whom she has betrayed," was the thought in his heart.

    The Tyranny of Weakness | Charles Neville Buck