traitor — English Dictionary

Noun

1. Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.

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   After World War I, the communists and Jews were accused to be traitors by the German right wing (the "stab-in-the-back myth"), ultimately culminating in their persecution and massacre.

   My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]

   Yes, that was Vice President Spiro Agnew commemorating the "loyalty" of literal traitors. But what can you really expect from a man whose name rearranged spells "grow a penis."

2. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.

   Synonyms

   turncoatwithersake

3. One who betrays any confidence or trust.

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   • broadly

   Synonyms

   betrayerfinksnakesnake in the grass

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   It's second nature now to think myself a traitor To myself, to all I've ever burdened with my rotting visage I can't breathe, the weight of all I've disappointed crushes me If I were happy, it would feel as if I couldn't trust me

   It took you two weeks To go off and date her Guess you didn't cheat But you're still, you're still a traitor Yeah, you're still a traitor

Verb

1. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Adjective

1. Traitorous.

   Examples

   to find a subject staid and wise Already half turn'd traitor by surprise

Noun

1. someone who betrays their country by committing treason

   Synonyms

   treasonist

   Broader terms

   criminalfeloncrookoutlawmalefactor

2. a person who says one thing and does another

   Synonyms

   double-crosserdouble-dealertwo-timerbetrayer

   Broader terms

   deceivercheatcheatertricksterbeguilerslicker