TRAITOR meaning: Person betraying trust or allegiance

We found 32 dictionaries that define the word traitor:

General (27 matching dictionaries)

traitor: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
traitor: Merriam-Webster
traitor: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
traitor: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
traitor: Collins English Dictionary
traitor: Vocabulary.com
Traitor, traitor: Wordnik
traitor: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
traitor: Wiktionary
traitor: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
traitor: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
traitor: Infoplease Dictionary
traitor: Dictionary.com
traitor: Online Etymology Dictionary
traitor: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
The Traitor (Dixon novel), The Traitor (play), Traitor (American Horror Story), Traitor (Star Wars novel), Traitor (TV drama), Traitor (Thieves' World), Traitor (comics), Traitor (disambiguation), Traitor (film), Traitor: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
Traitor: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
traitor: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
traitor: Rhymezone
Traitor: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
traitor: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
traitor: FreeDictionary.org
traitor: Mnemonic Dictionary
traitor: TheFreeDictionary.com
traitor: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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traitor: Legal dictionary

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traitor: Encyclopedia

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traitor: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (

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▸ noun:  Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
▸ noun:  Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
▸ noun:  (by extension) One who betrays any confidence or trust.
▸ verb:  To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
▸ adjective:  Traitorous.

Opposite:

patriot, patriotism

Types:

Benedict Arnold, Judas Iscariot, Julius Caesar, John Wilkes Booth, William Joyce, Tokyo Rose, Axis Sally, more...

Phrases:

turned traitor, turn traitor, race traitor, turning traitor, traitor tracing, more...

Adjectives:

false, double, old, vile, real, arch, little, potential, greatest, perjured, infamous

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red, black, gray, yellow, brown, more...

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