Antonyms for traitors
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : trey-ter |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈtreɪ tər |
Definition of traitors
Origin :- c.1200, from Old French traitor (11c.), from Latin traditorem (nominative traditor) "betrayer," literally "one who delivers," from stem of tradere "deliver, surrender" (see tradition). Originally usually with a suggestion of Judas Iscariot.
- noun person who is disloyal
- This was enough to make them traitors in the eyes of the Egyptians.
- Extract from : « Ancient Man » by Hendrik Willem van Loon
- As for the traitors, let them beware, for my arm is longer than they dream.
- Extract from : « The Raid From Beausejour; And How The Carter Boys Lifted The Mortgage » by Charles G. D. Roberts
- Certes, we were traitors when we left our rightful lady for a stranger.
- Extract from : « Cameos from English History, from Rollo to Edward II » by Charlotte Mary Yonge
- One of its members has declared that "the slave States have no traitors."
- Extract from : « The Works of Whittier, Volume VI (of VII) » by John Greenleaf Whittier
- But this order has been given to you that the traitors may be enabled to leave the town.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- "Very possibly, as the traitors are condemned to exile," replied Tilly.
- Extract from : « The Black Tulip » by Alexandre Dumas (Pere)
- "Take these traitors over to the Gorm and let me look at their faces," he ordered.
- Extract from : « Pirates of the Gorm » by Nat Schachner
- They are all traitors; and will only hurry us the sooner, if we suffer ourselves to be deceived by them, to an ignominious death!
- Extract from : « The Secret Memoirs of Louis XV./XVI, Complete » by Madame du Hausset, an "Unknown English Girl" and the Princess Lamballe
- But the Court is a place where the best of friends are traitors.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of Madame de Montespan, Complete » by Madame La Marquise De Montespan
- But apart from "traitors," there are others known to a caricaturist.
- Extract from : « The Confessions of a Caricaturist, Vol. 1 (of 2) » by Harry Furniss
Synonyms for traitors
- apostate
- back-stabber
- backslider
- Benedict Arnold
- betrayer
- conspirator
- deceiver
- defector
- deserter
- double-crosser
- fink
- hypocrite
- impostor
- informer
- intriguer
- Judas
- miscreant
- quisling
- rebel
- renegade
- snake
- sneak
- snitch
- snitcher
- spy
- squealer
- stool pigeon
- tattletale
- traducer
- treasonist
- turncoat
- two-timer
- whistle-blower
- wolf
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