What does traitor mean?

Definitions for traitor
ˈtreɪ tərtraitor

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. traitor, treasonistnoun

    someone who betrays his country by committing treason

  2. double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitornoun

    a person who says one thing and does another

Wiktionary

  1. traitornoun

    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 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.

  2. traitornoun

    Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.

  3. traitorverb

    To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

  4. traitoradjective

    traitorous.

  5. Etymology: From traïtor (French: traître), from traditor.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. TRAITORnoun

    One who being trusted betrays.

    Etymology: traitre, Fr. traditor, Lat.

    The law laid that grievous punishment upon traitors, to forfeit all their lands to the prince, that men might be terrified from committing treasons. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.

    If you flatter him, you are a great traitor to him. Francis Bacon.

    I’ll put him thus far into the plot, that he should be secured as a traitor; but when I am out of reach, he shall be released. John Dryden, Spanish Fryar.

    There is no difference, in point of morality, whether a man calls me traitor in one word, or says I am one hired to betray my religion and sell my country. Jonathan Swift.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Traitornoun

    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

  2. Traitornoun

    hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer

  3. Traitoradjective

    traitorous

  4. Traitorverb

    to act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive

Freebase

  1. Traitor

    Traitor is a 2002 novel by Matthew Stover in the New Jedi Order series, which is set in the Star Wars universe. It is the fourteenth installment of the series.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Traitor

    trā′tur, n. one who, being trusted, betrays: one guilty of treason: a deceiver:—fem. Trait′ress.—n. Trait′orism.—adv. Trait′orly (Shak.).—adj. Trait′orous, like a traitor: perfidious: treasonable.—adv. Trait′orously.—n. Trait′orousness. [Fr. traître—L. traditortradĕre, to give up.]

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. traitor

    One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to its enemy, or any fort or place intrusted to its defense, or who surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; or one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of traitor in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of traitor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of traitor in a Sentence

  1. Julieta Garibay:

    He's very much an immigrant traitor, he plays this card of, 'I have an immigrant background and I'm proud of my parents,' but yet he puts out this legislation that would definitely negatively impact folks coming from Cuba.

  2. Rachel Vindman:

    It was the most gut-wrenching feeling. I never expected it. So it was just a suckerpunch to see someone accuse The Vindmans of being a traitor.

  3. John Selden:

    Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.

  4. Elizabeth Bowen:

    The heart may think it knows better the senses know that absence blots people out. We really have no absent friends. The friend becomes a traitor by breaking, however unwillingly or sadly, out of our own zone a hard judgment is passed on him, for all the pleas of the heart.

  5. Fox News:

    Moy is a deeply irresponsible person. He is a political hack. Hes a self-described Democratic Party activist, he once circulated a chain letter denouncing Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas as a race traitor.

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