traitress
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of traitress
1400–50; late Middle English traitresse < Old French; see traitor, -ess
Example Sentences
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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
"Then how is my dear friend, Emma Cavendish?" inquired the traitress.
From Victor's Triumph Sequel to A Beautiful Fiend by Southworth, Emma Dorothy Eliza Nevitte
If Madame Quéro withdrew her friendship from him, it would not break his heart; and if she was the traitress that Golitzine assumed, her friendship was not worth having.
From The Intriguers by Le Queux, William
"So much the better for the traitress, and for me, perhaps."
From A Traitor's Wooing by Hill, Headon
Do you deny that your daughter is a traitress?
From The King of Schnorrers Grotesques and Fantasies by Zangwill, Israel
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