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trai·tor  (trtr)

n.

One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason.

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

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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

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	traitor - someone who betrays his country by committing treason treasonist 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.	traitor - a person who says one thing and does another double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer 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

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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] N → traidor(a) m/f
to be a traitor to one's country → traicionar a la patria
to turn traitor → volverse traidor

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traitor [ˈtreɪtə^r] n → traître m

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traitor

n → Verräter(in) m(f); to be a traitor to one’s country → sein Vaterland verraten; to turn traitor → zum Verräter werden

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

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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 叛徒