Definition of Traitor

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Traitor

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.

Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer.

Traitorous.

To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

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Traitor Quotations

The pacifist is as surely a traitor to his country and to humanity as is the most brutal wrongdoer.
Theodore Roosevelt

The scab is a traitor to his God, his mother, and his class.
Jack London

A traitor is everyone who does not agree with me.
George III

I'm a traitor, but I don't consider myself a traitor.
Aldrich Ames

I have been accused of being a traitor, and I have been accused of not supporting the military. Nothing could be further from the truth.
Martin Sheen

I am proud to be Chinese, and I do not tolerate any traitor.
Alex Chiu

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.
Lillian Hellman

I would be a traitor to these poor burned bodies if I came here to talk good fellowship.
Rose Schneiderman

This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.
Thomas Dekker

Tis not seasonable to call a man traitor, that has an army at his heels.
John Selden

Traitor Translations

traitor in Latin is proditor
traitor in Spanish is traidor

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