traitor
noun
a person who betrays another person, a cause, or any trust.
traitorously
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a word derived from
traitor.
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a word derived from
traitorous.
Example Sentences
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Zendaya plays the leader, Meechee, who is also, traitorously, the Stonekeeper’s daughter; she sings a song about the glories of an examined life.
From New York Times ● Sep. 27, 2018
His own brother, Tostig, traitorously serving as the main architect of the king's ruin, persuaded King Harald Hardraada of Norway into mounting a sea assault against England's north.
From Time Magazine Archive
He is not here to salute himself, as he is tending his brother who was traitorously wounded in the battle yesterday.”
From Sir Ludar A Story of the Days of the Great Queen Bess by Talbot Baines Reed
Florence, an imperial city, far from assisting in the restitution of the emperors to their universal rights, had fought against them traitorously, in alliance with the French invader and the usurping pontiff.
From Three Philosophical Poets Lucretius, Dante, and Goethe by George Santayana
But these captains will traitorously resist your plans until the day when the general exasperation will compel them to follow you with their bands of mercenaries.
From The Executioner's Knife Or Joan of Arc by Eug?ne Sue
