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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, noun [OE. traitour, OF. tra["i]tor, tra["i]teur, F. tre[^i]tre, L. traditor, fr. tradere, traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously, to betray; trans across, over + dare to give. See {Date} time, and cf. {Betray},{Tradition}, {Traditor}, {Treason}.]
1. 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}.
O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! --Shak.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer. ''This false traitor death.'' --Chaucer.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, adjective Traitorous. [R.] --Spenser. Pope.
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, verb (used with an object) To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] '' But time, it traitors me.'' --Lithgow.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
traitor
noun
1: someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn: {treasonist}]
2: a person who says one thing and does another [syn: {double-crosser}, {double-dealer}, {two-timer}, {betrayer}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
97 Moby Thesaurus words for "traitor": Benedict Arnold, Brutus, Judas, Judas Iscariot, Quisling, agitator, apostate, archtraitor, backslider, betrayer, bolter, brawler, cockatrice, collaborationist, collaborator, conniver, conspirator, conspirer, convert, convict, criminal, crook, deceiver, defector, deserter, desperado, desperate criminal, double agent, double-crosser, double-dealer, extremist, felon, fifth columnist, frondeur, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, informer, insubordinate, insurgent, insurrectionary, insurrectionist, insurrecto, intrigant, intriguer, jailbird, lawbreaker, machinator, malcontent, maverick, mobster, mugwump, mutineer, nonconformist, outlaw, plotter, proselyte, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, rat, rebel, recidivist, recreant, renegade, renegado, renegate, reversionist, revolter, revolutionary, revolutionist, rioter, runagate, schemer, schismatic, scofflaw, scoundrel, seceder, secessionist, separatist, serpent, snake, strikebreaker, subversive, swindler, tergiversant, tergiversator, thief, thug, timeserver, treasonist, trimmer, turnabout, turncoat, turntail, two-timer
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