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traitor

(treɪtəʳ)
Word forms: plural traitors
1. countable noun
If you call someone a traitor, you mean that they have betrayed beliefs that they used to hold, or that their friends hold, by their words or actions.
[disapproval]
Some say he's a traitor to the working class. [+ to]
Synonyms: betrayer, deserter, turncoat, deceiver More Synonyms of traitor
2. countable noun
If someone is a traitor, they betray their country or a group of which they are a member by helping its enemies, especially during time of war.
...rumours that there were traitors among us who were sending messages to the enemy.

traitor in British English

(ˈtreɪtə)
noun
a person who is guilty of treason or treachery, in betraying friends, country, a cause or trust, etc
Derived forms
traitorous (ˈtraitorous)
adjective
traitorously (ˈtraitorously)
adverb
traitorship (ˈtraitorˌship)
noun
traitress (ˈtraitress)
feminine noun
Word origin
C13: from Old French traitour, from Latin trāditor traditor

traitor in American English

(ˈtreɪtər)
noun
a person who betrays his or her country, cause, friends, etc.; one guilty of treasonor treachery
Word origin
ME traitour < OFr traitor < L traditor, one who betrays < traditus, pp. of tradere, to hand over, betray: see treason

Examples of 'traitor' in a sentence
traitor

I was called a traitor for being positive about immigration.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
He is a traitor and a spy.
The Sun (2010)
Chechen rebels have branded him a traitor.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
One of a traitor who betrays her own kin.
Kathleen E. Woodiwiss THE WOLF AND THE DOVE
They cannot now call me a traitor.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
How dare anyone call me a traitor?
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Nor is there reason to call people traitors, as some important people are doing.
Butt, Gerald A Rock and a Hard Place (1994)
He was branded a traitor.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
To many others, he is a traitor who has betrayed his country and its secrets to its enemies in a time of war.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
If he comes back he'll be a traitor, an enemy of the people.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
He was by then being branded as a traitor and rebel, and had found himself pursued by government agents and without a friend in the world.
Christianity Today (2000)
Schools and colleges were monitored by the military, mild dissidents were branded traitors, whole groups of friends were rounded up and removed.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
He sued at least four US presidents, ignoring critics who called him a traitor and dismissing death threats.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)

In other languages
traitor

British English: traitor NOUN
A traitor is someone who harms a group that they belong to by helping its enemies.
Some say he's a traitor to the movement.
  • American English: traitor
  • Brazilian Portuguese: traidor
  • Chinese: 背叛者
  • European Spanish: traidor
  • French: traître
  • German: Verräter
  • Italian: traditore
  • Japanese: 裏切り者
  • Korean: 배신자
  • European Portuguese: traidor
  • Latin American Spanish: traidor

Chinese translation of 'traitor'

traitor

(ˈtreɪtəʳ)

n (c)

  1. 叛徒 (pàntú) (个(個), gè)
(noun) 
Definition
a person who betrays friends, country, a cause, etc.
Some say he's a traitor to the working class.
Synonyms
betrayer
a traitor and betrayer
deserter
He was a deserter from the army.
turncoat
His one-time admirers now accused him of being a turncoat.
deceiver
informer
two men suspected of being police informers
renegade
He was a renegade – a traitor.
defector
The defectors included some of the ablest people in the party.
Judas
The first time I left Sheffield Wednesday, they accused me of being a Judas.
double-crosser (informal)
quisling
They called him a quisling.
apostate
He was an early apostate, leaving the party last year.
miscreant
fifth columnist
snake in the grass (informal)
back-stabber
fizgig (Australian, slang)
Opposites
supporter
,
defender
,
loyalist
,
patriot

Additional synonyms

in the sense of apostate
Definition
a person who has abandoned his or her religion, political party, or cause
He was an early apostate, leaving the party last year.
Synonyms
deserter,
traitor,
renegade,
defector,
heretic,
turncoat,
backslider,
recreant (archaic)
in the sense of defector
The defectors included some of the ablest people in the party.
Synonyms
deserter,
renegade,
turncoat,
apostate,
recreant (archaic),
runagate (archaic),
tergiversator
in the sense of deserter
He was a deserter from the army.
Synonyms
defector,
runaway,
fugitive,
traitor,
renegade,
truant,
escapee,
absconder,
apostate

Synonyms of 'traitor'

traitor

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Additional synonyms

in the sense of informer
Definition
a person who informs to the police
two men suspected of being police informers
Synonyms
betrayer,
grass (British, slang),
sneak,
squealer (slang),
Judas,
accuser,
stool pigeon,
nark (British, Australian, New Zealand, slang),
fizgig (Australian, slang)
in the sense of Judas
Definition
a person who betrays a friend
The first time I left Sheffield Wednesday, they accused me of being a Judas.
Synonyms
traitor,
betrayer,
deceiver,
renegade,
turncoat
in the sense of quisling
Definition
a traitor who aids an occupying enemy force
They called him a quisling.
Synonyms
traitor,
betrayer,
collaborator,
renegade,
Judas,
turncoat,
fifth columnist
in the sense of renegade
Definition
a person who deserts a cause for another
He was a renegade – a traitor.
Synonyms
deserter,
rebel,
betrayer,
dissident,
outlaw,
runaway,
traitor,
defector,
mutineer,
turncoat,
apostate,
backslider,
recreant (archaic)
in the sense of turncoat
Definition
a person who deserts one cause or party to join an opposing one
His one-time admirers now accused him of being a turncoat.
Synonyms
traitor,
renegade,
defector,
seceder,
deserter,
apostate,
backslider,
recreant (archaic),
tergiversator,
rat (informal)
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