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traitor Definition

trai·tor (trātər)

noun

a person who betrays his or her country, cause, friends, etc.; one guilty of treason or treachery

Etymology: ME traitour < OFr traitor < L traditor, one who betrays < traditus, pp. of tradere, to hand over, betray: see treason

traitor Synonyms

traitor

n.

betrayer, traducer, deserter, renegade, Judas, quisling, Benedict Arnold, Brutus, fifth columnist, informant, informer, intriguer, spy, double agent, counterspy, collaborator, collaborationist, hypocrite, imposter, plotter, conspirator, turncoat, sneak, recreant, backslider, double-crosser*, wolf in sheep's clothing*, fink*, rat*, stool pigeon*, two-timer*, copperhead*, stoolie*; see also rebel 1.

Antonyms supporter*, follower*, partisan.

traitor Usage Examples

Possessives

  • gate: Traitor's Gate is a river entrance, where the heads of traitors were put on spikes.
  • death: Punishment was extreme and an act of parliament in 1585 demanded a traitor's death for priests caught.

Converse of object

  • declare: When news of this reached England he was declared traitor and all his properties in Britain were confiscated.
  • turn: Of course, I can't take all the credit, we had some help: one of his crew turned traitor.
  • brand: He then argued with the King and was branded a traitor.
  • discuss: It looked a bit like the tower of london, so we discussed traitors and elizabeth the first in a low key way.
  • become: He became a traitor to Christ by his own choice.

Adjective modifier

  • potential: He was looked on as a potential traitor and national security risk.
  • real: However, Worf learns that the real traitor was the head of the powerful Duras clan.
  • national: Four national traitors were killed during special target operations, said the Chechen Command spokesman.
  • other: The other traitors, who were relieved to have escaped detection, also were thus motivated to fight harder.
  • social: The Italian Socialist Party however repudiated these social traitors.
  • local: The puppets allege that there have been no victims among invaders and local traitors in the blast.

Modifies a noun

  • sneer: Within its shade we'll live and die, Tho cowards flinch and traitors sneer, We'll keep the red flag flying here.
  • Judas: Are you now a doubting Thomas about the traitor Judas?
  • technology: Terminator and Traitor technologies are not limited to a single patent, nor is the research confined to one or two companies.

Noun used with modifier

  • race: Channels quot bottom line politics race traitor consistent with his.
  • class: So when I came back to England I screwed up my courage and decided to become a class traitor and vote Labor.
  • eds: The commissioner of drive back up garvey eds race traitor.

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