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单词 traitor
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traitorn.

Brit. /ˈtreɪtə/, U.S. /ˈtreɪdər/
Forms: α. Middle English treitre, Middle English traitre, traytre. β. Middle English traitur, traytur, Middle English–1600s traytour, (Middle English–1500s traytoure), Middle English–1700s traitour, Middle English traitoure, traitur(e, treitour, tretour, Middle English–1500s Scottish trature, tratour, Middle English tretowre. γ. Middle English Scottish tratore, Middle English traytore, Middle English–1700s traytor, Middle English– traitor. δ. 1500s traiter, 1500s–1600s trayter.
Etymology: < Old French nominative traitre (= Provençal traire, French traître) < popular Latin trāˈdītor for Latin ˈtrāditor traitor, betrayer; also in accusative form Old French traitor, -ur (Roland, 11th cent.), Anglo-Norman -our (= Italian traditore, Spanish traidor, Portuguese traidor, Provençal traidor, Sardinian traitore) < Latin trādiˈtōrem, agent-noun < trādĕre to deliver, hand over, < trā- (= trans) + dare to give, put.
1. One who betrays any person that trusts him, or any duty entrusted to him; a betrayer. In early use often applied to Judas Iscariot.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person
swikec1000
adderOE
traitor?c1225
Scariotc1380
murdererc1390
Judasc1405
proditor1436
cuckoo1581
Sinon1581
treachetour1590
viper1596
serpent1600
snakea1616
tradenta1626
Iscariot1647
dog1846
double-crosser1888
two-timer1927
α.
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 145 Ha biswikeð ow & is ower treitre.
c1230 Hali Meid. 9 Ha habbeð itricchet te as treitres.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. lviij/2 To al crysten men thou hast ben traytre.
β., γ.1377 W. Langland Piers Plowman B. xix. 435 Pieres þe plowman.. trauailleth & tulyeth for a tretour also sore As for a trewe tydy man.c1384 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Douce 369(2)) (1850) Mark xiv. 44 The traitour hadde ȝouun to hem a tokene.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11530 He was traitur, fals in fai.c1480 (a1400) St. James Less 29 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 151 Þat wekit tratore Iudas.c1480 (a1400) St. Matthias 242 in W. M. Metcalfe Legends Saints Sc. Dial. (1896) I. 229 Þo he wyste he suld be traytore.1549 Bk. Common Prayer (STC 16267) Celebr. Holye Communion f. ciii In the place of the traytor Judas.1657 J. Trapp Comm. Ezra vii. 17 Said Christ, even to the very Traytour that did seek and suck his blood.1860 M. Arnold St. Brandan in Fraser's Mag. July 133 It is—Oh, where shall Brandan fly?—The traitor Judas, out of Hell!
2. spec. One who is false to his allegiance to his sovereign or to the government of his country; one adjudged guilty of treason (including formerly petit treason) or of any crime so regarded. Also figurative or in extended sense. Traitor's Gate, the river gate of the Tower of London by which traitors, and state prisoners generally, were committed to the Tower. In quot. 1678 at γ. figurative.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treason > traitor to country or government
traitorc1290
treason-worker1553
treacherer1571
treacher1591
Catiline1592
patricide1593
treason-monger1746
treasonist1796
parricide1853
fifth-columnist1940
α.
1474 W. Caxton tr. Game & Playe of Chesse (1883) ii. iv. 48 Slewe the traytre Goribalde.
1481 W. Caxton tr. Siege & Conqueste Jerusalem (1893) cxvii. 176 Yf ony were vntrew & suche a traytre that wold destroye his countrey.
γ. c1290 S. Eng. Leg. I. 38/146 ‘Ey, traytours’, quath þe luþere Quen.1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (Rolls) 10693 In gibet hii were an honge, as to more vilte,..& so hii miȝte lerni traitour to be.a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11889 Aha! traiturs..i sale Hing yow bot ye mak me hale.1444 Rolls of Parl. V. 111/2 He to be juged and demed as a Traitour, and suche execution to be don upon his body, as shuld be don uppon a Traitour atteint of hie Treson.1489 (a1380) J. Barbour Bruce (Adv.) iv. 19 Maknab, a fals tratour.c1540 (?a1400) Destr. Troy 7899 But the triet men of Troy traitur hym cald.1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida v. vi. 6 Turne thy false face thou traytor . View more context for this quotationa1616 W. Shakespeare Two Gentlemen of Verona (1623) iv. iv. 103 Vnlesse I proue false traitor to my selfe. View more context for this quotation1678 Young Man's Calling 31 Man enters into the world at traitors gate; born in sin, and conceived in iniquity.1713 J. Addison Late Tryal Count Tariff ⁋23 He called [him] a lyar [and] a traytor.a1771 T. Gray tr. Dante in Wks. (1884) I. 157 If the telling may Beget the Traitour's Infamy.1821 Ld. Byron Marino Faliero (2nd issue) v. i. 146 He is a traitor, and betray'd the state.1881 W. Besant & J. Rice Chaplain of Fleet I. iii. 49 [Did] we not hack the limbs of our traitors, and stick them up on Temple Bar?1914 N.E.D. at Traitor Mod. A traitor in the camp; a traitor to the cause.δ. 1583 Ld. Burghley Execution of Iustice sig. Eiiiv [They] ought to be adiudged traitours.1642 in F. P. Verney & M. M. Verney Mem. Verney Family 17th Cent. (1907) I. 242 Those thatt told you he was a trayter.

Compounds

C1. attributive or as adj. That is a traitor, traitorous.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [adjective]
lewec1000
culvert?c1225
false?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treasonfula1400
traitorfulc1440
treasonousc1450
treasonable1487
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
unfaithful1530
trustless1554
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
truce-breaking1592
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
betraying1629
infide1663
traditoriana1734
Iscariotic1879
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 4397 Ne herd yee na wight how Yon traitur juu me wald sceind.
a1450 (c1410) H. Lovelich Hist. Holy Grail lii. l. 275 A tretour boteler that kyng Marahans sone poysoned.
a1500 R. Henryson tr. Æsop Fables: Fox & Wolf l. 670 in Poems (1981) 29 This wylie tratour tod On kneis fell.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. i. 102 False Mowbray..consequently like a taitour [sic; 1623 Traitor] coward, Slucte out his innocent soule through streames of bloud. View more context for this quotation
1700 J. Dryden Chaucer's Palamon & Arcite ii, in Fables 45 Th' assassinating Wife, the Houshold Fiend; And far the blackest there, the Traytor-Friend.
1726 A. Pope tr. Homer Odyssey V. xxii. 93 He drew his traytor sword, And like a lion rush'd against his Lord.
1837 A. Tennent Vis. Glencoe 18 Some traitor spy, Meant to betray thee with a lie.
1887 W. Smith & H. Wace Dict. Christian Biogr. IV. 837/2 Judas the traitor-Apostle.
C2. traitor-led adj.
ΚΠ
1598 S. Rowlands Betraying of Christ sig. Gijv Traitor-led troopes by night did apprehend him.

Derivatives

traitor-like adj. and adv.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adverb]
swikellya1023
swikinglyc1175
hinderfullichec1200
traitorouslyc1330
treacherouslya1340
traitorly?a1349
treacherlyc1394
traitouslyc1450
proditoriouslyc1460
traditoriouslyc1487
swikefullya1500
Judasly1508
traditorously1536
Judas-like?1569
perfidiously1589
traitor-like1594
1594 Warres Cyrus 794 Or else Libanio..should die for his so traitorlike reuolt.
1721 J. Strype Eccl. Memorials III. l. 389 Heavy tidings came..that the French had won Calais..: for, traitor-like, it was said to be sold and delivered unto them.
traitor-wise adv.
ΘΚΠ
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [adjective]
swikec893
lewec1000
swikelc1000
swikefulc1100
culvert?c1225
fokela1275
colwardc1330
treacherousc1330
traitorousc1380
traitora1400
treacherc1400
traitorfulc1440
proditorious?a1475
fraudfulc1475
proditiousa1500
proditorya1500
perfidiousa1538
snakya1586
traitorlya1586
Punic1590
traitor-wise1598
faiterous1600
Iscarioticala1625
Judaslya1626
fidious1640
traditoriana1734
double-crossing1838
Judasian1855
Iscariotic1879
two-timing1927
two-time1937
quisling1941
1598 in T. G. Law Archpriest Controv. (1896) I. 210 Reputed by our Prince and countrye as trayterwise and disloyal.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

traitorv.

Etymology: < traitor n.
Obsolete.
1. transitive. To make (any one) a traitor.
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the mind > goodness and badness > wrongdoing > treachery or treason > [verb (transitive)] > make
traitor16..
society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > be a traitor to [verb (transitive)] > induce to become a traitor
traitor16..
quislingize1940
turn1963
to turn around1963
to turn round1966
16.. W. Lithgow in Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. (1864) But time, it traitors me.
a1649 W. Drummond Wks. (1711) 23 Most woful Wretch, whom shining Hair and Eyes, Lead to Love's Dungeon, traitor'd by a Sight.
2. intransitive. To act as a traitor.
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society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > act treacherously [verb (intransitive)] > act as traitor
traitor1656
traitorize1656
1656 S. Hunton Golden Law 5 If it be said, that the King traytor'd such, or as it related to himself only.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2021).
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