traitress

[ trey-tris ]

/ ˈtreɪ trɪs /

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noun

a woman who is a traitor.

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Also trai·tor·ess

[trey-ter-is]. /ˈtreɪ tər ɪs/.

Origin of traitress

1400–50; late Middle English traitresse<Old French; see traitor, -ess

Words nearby traitress

train wreck, traipse, trait, traitor, traitorous, traitress, Trajan, traject, trajectory, Trakl, tra-la

How to use traitress in a sentence

First I hated you, when I dreamed you to be but a courtesan traitress.
The Lion's Brood|Duffield Osborne
Exemplify the sibilant impurity with such syllables as pish, false, traitress, miscreant.
The Ontario Readers: The High School Reader, 1886|Ministry of Education
Hereupon, methought, this traitress Dorcas hied back to the lady, and made report of what she had done.
Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
So then he gat his sword in his hand and said: Thou traitress, what art thou that I have lain by all this night?
Le Morte D'Arthur, Volume II (of II)|Thomas Malory

The subtitles fairly hissed to the sibilant swishing of such words as traitress, temptress, tigress and sorceress.
Sundry Accounts|Irvin S. Cobb