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1. (n.) traitor
a person who betrays another, a cause, or any trust.
2. traitor
a person who commits treason by betraying his or her country.
Etymology: (1175–1225; ME < OF < L trāditōrem, acc. of trāditor=trādi-, var. s. of trādere (see tradition ) +-tor -tor)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) traitor, treasonist
someone who betrays his country by committing treason
2. (noun) double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor
a person who says one thing and does another
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1. (noun) traitor
sb who is disloyal to their country, a friend, etc.
spies and traitors
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) traitor
traitorous
2. (noun) traitor
one who violates his allegiance and betrays his 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 surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason
3. (noun) traitor
hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer
4. (verb) traitor
to act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive
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Sense: a person who changes to the enemy's side or gives away information to the enemy
He was a traitor to his country.
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 Afrikaans: verraaier |
 Arabic: خائِن |
 Bulgarian: предател |
 Brazilian: traidor |
 Czech: zrádce, -kyně |
 German: der/die Verräter(in) |
 Danish: forræder |
 Greek: προδότης |
 Spanish: traidor |
 Estonian: reetur |
 Farsi: خائن |
 Finnish: petturi |
 French: traître, traîtresse |
 Hebrew: בּוֹגֵד |
 Hindi: विश्वासघाती |
 Croatian: izdajica |
 Hungarian: áruló |
 Indonesian: pengkhianat |
 Icelandic: svikari; landráðamaður |
 Italian: traditore, traditrice |
 Japanese: 裏切者 |
 Korean: 배신자 |
 Lithuanian: išdavikas |
 Latvian: nodevējs |
 Malay: pengkhianat |
 Dutch: verrader |
 Norwegian: forræder |
 Polish: zdrajca |
 Persian: خائن |
 Pashto: خاین |
 Portuguese: traidor |
 Romanian: trădător |
 Russian: предатель |
 Slovak: zradca, -kyňa |
 Slovenian: izdajalec |
 Serbian: izdajnik |
 Swedish: förrädare |
 Thai: ผู้ทรยศ |
 Turkish: vatan haini |
 Taiwanese: 叛徒 |
 Ukrainian: зрадник |
 Urdu: غدار، باغي |
 Vietnamese: kẻ phản bội |
 Chinese: 叛徒 |
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