bewrayern.
/bɪˈreɪə/ archaic.
He who or that which bewrays or reveals.
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society > communication > manifestation > disclosure or revelation > [noun] > one who or that which discloses or reveals
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disclosera1513
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unmasker1605
dark lantern1616
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eye-opener1928
c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 34 Bewrayer of counsel, recelator.
1535 Bible (Coverdale) 2 Macc. iv. 1 This Symon..beynge a bewrayer of the money and of his owne naturall countre.
1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xi. xi. 153 Certaine writings, bewrayers of her lusts and lasciuiousnes.
1652 J. Gaule Πυς-μαντια 342 Lest they might be the bewrayers of his secrets.
1711 J. Addison Spectator No. 225. ¶2 When a Friend is turned into an Enemy, and..a Bewrayer of Secrets.
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