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traitor definition

trai·tor (trāt′ər)

noun

a person who betrays his or her country, cause, friends, etc.; one guilty of treason or treachery

Etymology: ME traitour < OFr traitor < L traditor, one who betrays < traditus, pp. of tradere, to hand over, betray: see treason

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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