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Synonyms for traitors

Grammar : Noun
Spell : trey-ter
Phonetic Transcription : ˈtreɪ tər

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Définition 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
Example sentences :
  • 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

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