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  • 31traitor — trai|tor [ treıtər ] noun count * 1. ) someone who tells secrets about their own country to a country that is their enemy: traitor to (=against): Adams was a spy, and a traitor to his country. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is not loyal to their… …

    Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • 32traitor — noun (C) someone who is not loyal to their country or friends: He was hanged as a traitor. | a traitor to the cause of women s rights …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 33traitor — 1. noun /ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ),ˈtɹeɪɾɚ/ a) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or… …

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  • 34traitor —    Used of a person who betrays anyone who trusts him or, more specifically, of a person who betrays his allegiance to his king or country.    The term occurs vocatively in ten of the Shakespearean plays in both of these senses. More modern… …

    A dictionary of epithets and terms of address

  • 35traitor — noun Etymology: Middle English traytour, from Anglo French traitre, from Latin traditor, from tradere to hand over, deliver, betray, from trans , tra trans + dare to give more at date Date: 13th century 1. one who betrays another s trust or is… …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 36Traitor's Ford — [ [http://vamp.idlers.org/ jaffa/warwickshire.htm www.wetroads.co.uk ] ] . References …

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  • 37Traitor’s Gate — the main entrance to the Tower of London from the River Thames. It is a wide, low arch through which prisoners accused of crimes against the king or queen were taken on their way to being kept in the Tower. * * * …

    Universalium

  • 38traitor — traitorship, n. /tray teuhr/, n. 1. a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust. 2. a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country. [1175 1225; ME < OF < L traditor , s. of traditor betrayer. See TRADITOR] * * * …

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  • 39traitor — Synonyms and related words: Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, agitator, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, bolter, brawler, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convert,&#8230; …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 40traitor — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. betrayer, turncoat, renegade, deserter, conspirator; in former, Judas, fifth columnist, quisling. See evildoer. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. betrayer, traducer, deserter, renegade, Judas, quisling,&#8230; …

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