Definitions for traitor
ˈtreɪ tərtraitor

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. traitor, treasonist(noun)

   someone who betrays his country by committing treason

2. double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor(noun)

   a person who says one thing and does another

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1. traitor(Noun)

   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.

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

2. traitor(Noun)

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

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

3. traitor(Verb)

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

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

4. traitor(Adjective)

   traitorous.

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

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Traitor(noun)

   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. Traitor(noun)

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

3. Traitor(adj)

   traitorous

4. Traitor(verb)

   to act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive

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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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

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. traditor—tradĕre, to give up.]

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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.

How to pronounce traitor?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Veena

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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. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   No owl is afraid of the night, no snake of the swamp and no traitor of the treason!

2. John Milton:

   ... If weakness may excuse, What Murderer, what Traitor, Parricide, Incestuous, sacrilegious, but may plead it All Wickedness is Weakness That plea therefore With God or Man will gain thee no Remission.

3. Asra Nomani:

   As you can tell I don’t have horns on my head, right, but nonetheless I am now being [characterized] as a traitor, to my own liberals as an idiot, names that I can’t even repeat on air.

4. Frank Harder:

   I think the man is a traitor.

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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