traitor
traitor is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 3 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 28 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer. "This false traitor death." Chaucer.
- 2.Traitorous. [R.] Spenser. Pope.
- 3.To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors me." Lithgow.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- archtraitor
- bad
- barrator
- betrayer
- blackguard
- clothing
- conspirator
- grass
- knave
- man
- mischief-maker
- rascal
- recreant
- renegade
- reptile
- rogue
- serpent
- servility
- shyster
- snake
- sneak
- squealer
- sycophant
- tergiversation
- the
- trimmer
- truant
- wolf
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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