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Traitor

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 1 of 3

Part of speech: noun (n.)

1. One who violates his allegiance and betrays his country; one guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers his country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place intrusted to his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished; also, one who takes arms and levies war against his country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country. See Treason. O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! Shak.

2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer. "This false traitor death." Chaucer.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 2 of 3

Part of speech: verb (v.)

To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors me." Lithgow.

Webster's 1828 Dictionary · 1828 3 of 3

Part of speech: adjective (a.)

Traitorous. [R.] Spenser. Pope.

Noah Webster's American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Structured JSON vendored from sktzofrenic/webster1828 at commit 5a58d9e0191eefaa51affbc1bb1b8bc5782ba6c0. The upstream README identifies the dictionary text as public domain and the project license as MIT.

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