traitor
11traitor — n. 1) a traitor to (a traitor to one s country) 2) (misc.) to turn traitor * * * [ treɪtə] (misc.) to turn traitor a traitor to (a traitor to one s country) …
12traitor — noun VERB + TRAITOR ▪ turn ▪ He turned traitor and joined the opposition. ▪ brand sb as, call sb, denounce sb as, label sb as PREPOSITION …
13traitor — trai|tor [ˈtreıtə US ər] n [U and C] [Date: 1200 1300; : Old French; Origin: traitre, from Latin traditor, from tradere to hand over, deliver, betray , from trans ( TRANS ) + dare to give ] someone who is not loyal to their country, friends, or… …
14traitor */ — UK [ˈtreɪtə(r)] / US [ˈtreɪtər] noun [countable] Word forms traitor : singular traitor plural traitors 1) someone who tells secrets about their own country to a country that is its enemy traitor to (= against): Adams was a spy, and a traitor to… …
15traitor — [13] Traitor and tradition [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin trādere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns ‘across’ and dare ‘give’ (source of English data, date, etc). It originally meant ‘hand over, deliver’, and… …
16traitor — [[t]tre͟ɪtə(r)[/t]] traitors 1) N COUNT: oft N to n 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. Some say he s a traitor to the working… …
17traitor — [13] Traitor and tradition [14] come from the same ultimate source: Latin trādere. This was a compound verb formed from the prefix trāns ‘across’ and dare ‘give’ (source of English data, date, etc). It originally meant ‘hand over, deliver’, and… …
18traitor — trai|tor [ treıtər ] noun count * 1. ) someone who tells secrets about their own country to a country that is their enemy: traitor to (=against): Adams was a spy, and a traitor to his country. 2. ) INFORMAL someone who is not loyal to their… …
19traitor — noun (C) someone who is not loyal to their country or friends: He was hanged as a traitor. | a traitor to the cause of women s rights …
20traitor — 1. noun /ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ),ˈtɹeɪɾɚ/ a) One who violates his allegiance and betrays his/her country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or… …
