What does "traitor" mean?
Traitor: Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer. "This false traitor death." Chaucer.
Additional senses
- 2.Traitorous. [R.] Spenser. Pope.
- 3.To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors me." Lithgow.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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