traitor

[ trey-ter ]
/ ˈtreɪ tər /

noun

a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.

Origin of traitor

1175–1225; Middle English < Old French < Latin trāditōr-, stem of trāditor betrayer. See traditor

OTHER WORDS FROM traitor

trai·tor·ship, noun

Words nearby traitor

trainshed, trainsick, trainspotterish, traipse, trait, traitor, traitorous, traitress, trajan, traject, trajectory

Example sentences from the Web for traitorship

  • The magnates of capital shrewdly took advantage of this traitorship and, in the following campaign, won the national election.

    Life in a Thousand Worlds |William Shuler Harris

British Dictionary definitions for traitorship

traitor
/ (ˈtreɪtə) /

noun

a person who is guilty of treason or treachery, in betraying friends, country, a cause or trust, etc

Derived forms of traitor

traitorous, adjective traitorously, adverb traitorship, noun traitress, fem n

Word Origin for traitor

C13: from Old French traitour, from Latin trāditor traditor