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traitor (iou)



traitor noun & verb. ME.

A. noun. A person who betrays (the trust of) another, a cause, etc.; a disloyal or treacherous person; spec. a person who commits or is judged to be guilty of treason against his or her sovereign or country. Freq. foll. by to. ME.
O. Henry I'm no traitor to a man that's been my friend. D. H. Lawrence Tolstoi was a traitor To the Russia that needed him most.
b. verb.
verb trans. Make (a person) a traitor. Now also (Black English), betray. E17.
verb intrans. Act as a traitor. rare. Only in M17.
traitorhood noun (rare) the state or condition of a traitor; treachery: LME.
traitorism noun the practice or principles of a traitor L16.
traitorship noun (rare) (a) (with possess. adjective, as
his traitorship etc.): a mock title of respect given to a traitor; (b) the state or condition of a traitor; treachery, treason: L16.