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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Traitorous  \Trai"tor*ous\,  a.  [Cf.  F.  tra[^i]treux.] 
  1.  Guilty  of  treason;  treacherous;  perfidious;  faithless;  as 
  a  traitorous  officer  or  subject.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  Consisting  in  treason;  partaking  of  treason;  implying 
  breach  of  allegiance;  as  a  traitorous  scheme.  -- 
  {Trai"tor*ous*ly},  adv  --  {Trai"tor*ous*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  traitorous 
  adj  1:  deliberately  and  abominably  disloyal  or  likely  to  betray 
  trust  or  confidence;  "the  faithless  Benedict  Arnold"; 
  "a  lying  traitorous  insurrectionist"  [syn:  {faithless}, 
  {unfaithful}] 
  2:  constituting  treason;  "a  traitorous  act";  "treasonable  acts 
  like  sabotage"  [syn:  {treasonable},  {treasonous}]




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