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† ˈproditor Obs.
[ME. and AF. proditour, = OF. proditeur, ad. L. prōditōrem, agent-n. f. prōd-ĕre to betray.]
A betrayer; a traitor.
1436Rolls of Parlt. IV. 500/2 In resistence of youre Proditours Rebelles and Adversaries. 1546St. Papers Hen. VIII, XI. 95 As manifest ennemy and proditour to the Cristen state. 1591Shakes. 1 Hen. VI, i. iii. 31, I doe, thou most vsurping Proditor, And not Protector of the King or Realme. 1657M. Hawke Killing is M. 54 [He] was betrayed by his Servant,..whom..they..as a Proditor precipitated from the Tarpeian stone. 1678Sir G. Mackenzie Crim. Laws Scot. i. xi. §16 (1699) 67 The Betrayer or Proditor. |