traitress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of traitress
1400–50; late Middle English traitresse < Old French; see traitor, -ess
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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
So she had deceived him, after all; she had played the traitress from the very beginning.
From The Doomsman by Van Tassel Sutphen
As she spake, The winds without clamoured with clash of bells, There was a gleam of torches and a roar— Mary, the traitress of the North, is dead, God save the Queen!
From Collected Poems Volume One by Alfred Noyes
The wife of Hooker tyrannized over his days, and at last proved to be a traitress to his fame.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Isaac Disraeli
It was made very evident upon his trial that he did nothing, even to that wretched traitress, in rage or revenge, but all as he thought in honor.
From Graham's Magazine Vol XXXIII No. 1 July 1848 by Robert Taylor Conrad
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