trai·tor
trai·tor/ˈtrādər/
noun
a person who betrays a friend, country, principle, etc.
"they see me as a traitor, a sellout to the enemy"
synonyms: betrayer, back-stabber, double-crosser, double-dealer, renegade, Judas, quisling, fifth columnist, viper, turncoat, defector, apostate, deserter, collaborator, fraternizer, colluder, informer, double agent, snake in the grass, two-timer, rat, scab, traditor, tergiversator, renegado
People also ask
What makes a person a traitor?
Traitors betray the trust of those who have faith in them or believe their promises. Traitor also applies to a person who betrays his country by committing treason: turning against his own government, perhaps by selling secret information.
What does it mean to call someone a traitor?
If you call someone a traitor, you mean that they have betrayed beliefs that they used to hold, or that their friends hold, by their words or actions. [disapproval] Some say he's a traitor to the peace movement. Synonyms: betrayer, deserter, turncoat, deceiver More Synonyms of traitor.
What is the legal definition of a traitor?
Primary tabs. Treason refers to the betrayal of one's own country by attempting to overthrow the government through waging war against the state or materially aiding its enemies.
What is the full meaning of traitor?
: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty. 2. : one who commits treason. Etymology. Middle English traitre "traitor," from early French traitre (same meaning), from Latin traditor (same meaning), derived from tradere "to hand over, betray" — related to treason see Word History at treason.
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4 days ago · 1. One who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty. 2. One who commits treason.
Examples of traitor · Yet you are the daughter of a traitor. · Just use the words "insults" and "ugliness," enemies "and" traitors. · Both men have been portrayed ...
He vowed to “put the fear of God in the cowards, the traitors, the RINOs, the communists of the Democrat Party.” ... Napoleon was forcing Snowball the traitor pig ...
Britannica Dictionary definition of TRAITOR. [count]. : a person who is not ... — traitorous. /ˈtreɪtərəs/ adjective [more traitorous; most traitorous].
traitor in British English ; traitorous · ˈtraitorous · adjective ; traitorously · ˈtraitorously · adverb ; traitorship · ˈtraitorˌship · noun ; traitress · ˈtraitress ...
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4 days ago · one who betrays a trust or an allegiance accused by her family of being a traitor when she sold their traditionally animal-friendly business to a competitor.
traitor (to somebody/something) a person who betrays their friends, their country, etc. by giving away secrets about them, by lying to or about them or by ...
traitor, n.?c1225–; traitor, v.a1649–1700; traitorful, adj.c1440; traitorhead, n.1303; traitorhood, n.c1470–; traitorism, n.1591–; traitorize, v.1656 ...
Noun. edit. traitor (plural traitors). Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone ...
