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traitor

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trai·tor  (trtr)
n.
One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason.

[Middle English, from Old French, from Latin trditor, from trditus, past participle of trdere, to betray; see tradition.]

traitor [ˈtreɪtə]
n
a person who is guilty of treason or treachery, in betraying friends, country, a cause or trust, etc.
[from Old French traitour, from Latin trāditor traditor]
traitorous  adj
traitorously  adv
traitorship  n
traitress  fem n
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.traitortraitor - someone who betrays his country by committing treason
collaborationist, quisling, collaborator - someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force
criminal, crook, felon, malefactor, outlaw - someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime
fifth columnist, saboteur - a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader
traitress - female traitor
2.traitortraitor - a person who says one thing and does another
beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Judas - someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

traitor
noun betrayer, deserter, turncoat, deceiver, informer, renegade, defector, Judas, double-crosser (informal), quisling, apostate, miscreant, fifth columnist, snake in the grass (informal), back-stabber Some say he's a traitor to the working class.
supporter, defender, loyalist, patriot
Translations
traitor [ˈtreɪtəʳ] Ntraidor(a) m/f
to be a traitor to one's countrytraicionar a la patria
to turn traitorvolverse traidor

traitor [ˈtreɪtər] ntraître m

traitor
nVerräter(in) m(f); to be a traitor to one’s countrysein Vaterland verraten; to turn traitorzum Verräter werden

traitor [ˈtreɪtəʳ] ntraditore/trice
to turn traitor → passare al nemico
traitor [ˈtreɪtəʳ] ntraditore/trice
to turn traitor → passare al nemico

traitor
n traitor [ˈtreitə]
a person who changes to the enemy's side or gives away information to the enemy He was a traitor to his country. verraaier خائِن предател zrádce, -kyně forræder der/die Verräter(in) προδότης traidor reetur خائن petturi traître, traîtresse בּוֹגֵד विश्वासघाती izdajica áruló pengkhianat svikari; landráðamaður traditore, traditrice 裏切者 배신자 išdavikas nodevējs pengkhianat verrader forræder zdrajca traidor tră­dător предатель zradca, -kyňa izdajalec izdajnik förrädare ผู้ทรยศ vatan haini 叛徒 зрадник غدار، باغي kẻ phản bội


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Now all this while that the traitor told his tale Umslopogaas, inch by inch, was edging near to him and yet nearer, till at length he might have touched him with an outstretched spear.
Well, I beg your pardon; and you may spit in Dominic's face because a traitor of our blood taints us all.
"Sire," answered the grand-vizir, "it is most dangerous for a monarch to confide in a man whose faithfulness is not proved, You do not know that this physician is not a traitor come here to assassinate you.
 
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