traitress

American  

[trey-tris] / ˈtreɪ trɪs /

Also traitoress

noun

1. a woman who is a traitor.

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Etymology

Origin of traitress

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

Example Sentences

The more central, social prob lem of the book resolves to this: Fleur Mont, called "snob" by free-and-easy, expressionistic Marjorie Ferrar, retorts with "traitress," "snake," "no morals."

From Time Magazine Archive

Then they joined hands and danced round it, singing: Wicked traitress, Barbe Riou, Our poor toes are burned by you; Now we hurry from your hall— Bad luck light upon you all.

From The Lilac Fairy Book by Ford, H. J. (Henry Justice)

"Hold," said Meliagrance; "here is my glove, in proof that she is traitress to the king, and that one of these wounded knights is her leman."

From Historic Tales, Vol 14 (of 15) The Romance of Reality by Morris, Charles

The traitress displayed such cleverness that, before long, Tyltyl's disobedience became a very fine thing in his own eyes.

From The Blue Bird for Children The Wonderful Adventures of Tyltyl and Mytyl in Search of Happiness by Teixeira de Mattos, Alexander

One day he came a changed, and moody man, and threw himself into a chair, crying "Ah, traitress! traitress!"

From The Cloister and the Hearth A Tale of the Middle Ages by Reade, Charles