traitresstraitoressn.

Brit.

/ˈtreɪtrᵻs/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪtrəs/ Brit.

/ˈtreɪtərᵻs/,

/treɪtəˈrɛs/, U.S.

/ˈtreɪdərəs/

Forms: Middle English traitores, traiteresse, (1500s -eres), Middle English–1600s trayteresse, (Middle English -ures, tratouresse), Middle English–1500s traytres(se, (1700s traytress), Middle English–1600s traitresse, (1500s–1600s -oresse), 1600s– traitress.

Etymology: < French traîtresse (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), feminine of traître traitor n.: see -ess suffix¹. In form traitoress < traitor n. + -ess suffix¹.

a. A female traitor; a traitorous or treacherous woman (or being personified as a woman). Sometimes in an attenuated or playful sense.

ΘΚΠ

society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person > female

traitressc1369

Delilah1585

c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse (Fairf. MS.) 620 Fortune..The trayteresse [v.r. traitores] fals and ful of gyle That al behoteth and no thyng halte.

c1400 Rom. Rose 7391 That false tratouresse untrewe.

c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2587 That sho bitrayed hir lady, Als traytures sal sho haue hyr [= hire], Sho be brent her in this fir.

a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 73 For a lytel thynge ye haue vndo yow, and haue be to me traitresse.

c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Biv^v Answere thou traytres how darst be so bold.

a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 166 A Traitoresse, and a Deare.

1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 34 Mischievous and accursed Traitresse.

1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 276 She saw the trayteresse Fregonde.

1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i Death shall free me At once from Infamy and Thee, thou Traytress.

a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 103 The traitoresses! they shall pay dearly for thus abusing my indulgence.

1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 203 If she [the wife] kills such divorced husband, she is a traitress.

1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 255 The French Government released the little traitoresses.

1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. (1905) 236 He [Knox] solemnly proclaims all reigning women to be traitoresses and rebels against God.

1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket ii. i. 91 Henry. Traitress! Rosamund. A faithful traitress to thy royal fame.

b. attributive or as adj. rare.

ΚΠ

1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xxi. 67 Ye are the falsest lady of the world and the most traitresse vnto the kynges person.

1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 115 By the dire fury of a traitress wife.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	traitress
释义	traitresstraitoressn. Brit. /ˈtreɪtrᵻs/, U.S. /ˈtreɪtrəs/ Brit. /ˈtreɪtərᵻs/, /treɪtəˈrɛs/, U.S. /ˈtreɪdərəs/ Forms: Middle English traitores, traiteresse, (1500s -eres), Middle English–1600s trayteresse, (Middle English -ures, tratouresse), Middle English–1500s traytres(se, (1700s traytress), Middle English–1600s traitresse, (1500s–1600s -oresse), 1600s– traitress. Etymology: < French traîtresse (13th cent. in Godefroy Compl.), feminine of traître traitor n.: see -ess suffix¹. In form traitoress < traitor n. + -ess suffix¹. a. A female traitor; a traitorous or treacherous woman (or being personified as a woman). Sometimes in an attenuated or playful sense. ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > undutifulness > treachery > [noun] > treacherous person > female traitressc1369 Delilah1585 c1369 G. Chaucer Bk. Duchesse (Fairf. MS.) 620 Fortune..The trayteresse [v.r. traitores] fals and ful of gyle That al behoteth and no thyng halte. c1400 Rom. Rose 7391 That false tratouresse untrewe. c1400 Ywaine & Gaw. 2587 That sho bitrayed hir lady, Als traytures sal sho haue hyr [= hire], Sho be brent her in this fir. a1450 Knt. de la Tour (1906) 73 For a lytel thynge ye haue vndo yow, and haue be to me traitresse. c1525 J. Rastell New Commodye Propertes of Women sig. Biv^v Answere thou traytres how darst be so bold. a1616 W. Shakespeare All's Well that ends Well (1623) i. i. 166 A Traitoresse, and a Deare. View more context for this quotation 1632 J. Hayward tr. G. F. Biondi Eromena 34 Mischievous and accursed Traitresse. 1651 tr. F. de Quintana Hist. Don Fenise 276 She saw the trayteresse Fregonde. 1702 N. Rowe Tamerlane iv. i Death shall free me At once from Infamy and Thee, thou Traytress. a1766 F. Sheridan Hist. Nourjahad (1767) 103 The traitoresses! they shall pay dearly for thus abusing my indulgence. 1769 W. Blackstone Comm. Laws Eng. IV. xiv. 203 If she [the wife] kills such divorced husband, she is a traitress. 1824 Countess Granville Lett. (1894) I. 255 The French Government released the little traitoresses. 1882 R. L. Stevenson Familiar Stud. Men & Bks. (1905) 236 He [Knox] solemnly proclaims all reigning women to be traitoresses and rebels against God. 1884 Ld. Tennyson Becket ii. i. 91 Henry. Traitress! Rosamund. A faithful traitress to thy royal fame. b. attributive or as adj. rare. ΚΠ 1470–85 T. Malory Morte d'Arthur i. xxi. 67 Ye are the falsest lady of the world and the most traitresse vnto the kynges person. 1725 E. Fenton in A. Pope et al. tr. Homer Odyssey I. iv. 115 By the dire fury of a traitress wife. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1914; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1369
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