4 definitions found
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, n. [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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, a.
Traitorous. [R.] --Spenser. Pope.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Traitor \Trai"tor\, v. t.
To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] ``
But time, it traitors me.'' --Lithgow.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
traitor
n 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}, {betrayer}]
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