'Traitor' definitions:
Definition of 'traitor'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who betrays his country by committing treason [syn: traitor, treasonist]
noun
A person who says one thing and does another [syn: double- crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor]
Definition of 'Traitor'
From: GCIDE
- Traitor \Trai"tor\, a. Traitorous. [R.] --Spenser. Pope. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Traitor'
From: GCIDE
- Traitor \Trai"tor\, n. [OE. traitour, OF. tra["i]tor, tra["i]teur, F. tre[^i]tre, L. traditor, fr. tradere, traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously, to betray; trans across, over + dare to give. See Date time, and cf. Betray,Tradition, Traditor, Treason.]
- 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. [1913 Webster]
- O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! --Shak. [1913 Webster]
- 2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust; a betrayer. "This false traitor death." --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Traitor'
From: GCIDE
- Traitor \Trai"tor\, v. t. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors me." --Lithgow. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'traitor'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- agitator,
- apostate,
- archtraitor,
- backslider,
- Benedict Arnold,
- betrayer,
- bolter,
- brawler,
- Brutus,
- cockatrice,
- collaborationist,
- collaborator,
- conniver,
- conspirator,
- conspirer,
- convert,
- convict,
- criminal,
- crook,
- deceiver,
- defector,
- deserter,
- desperado,
- desperate criminal,
- double agent,
- double-crosser,
- double-dealer,
- extremist,
- felon,
- fifth columnist,
- frondeur,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- informer,
- insubordinate,
- insurgent,
- insurrectionary,
- insurrectionist,
- insurrecto,
- intrigant,
- intriguer,
- jailbird,
- Judas,
- Judas Iscariot,
- lawbreaker,
- machinator,
- malcontent,
- maverick,
- mobster,
- mugwump,
- mutineer,
- nonconformist,
- outlaw,
- plotter,
- proselyte,
- public enemy,
- quisling,
- Quisling,
- racketeer,
- rat,
- rebel,
- recidivist,
- recreant,
- renegade,
- renegado,
- renegate,
- reversionist,
- revolter,
- revolutionary,
- revolutionist,
- rioter,
- runagate,
- schemer,
- schismatic,
- scofflaw,
- scoundrel,
- seceder,
- secessionist,
- separatist,
- serpent,
- snake,
- strikebreaker,
- subversive,
- swindler,
- tergiversant,
- tergiversator,
- thief,
- thug,
- timeserver,
- treasonist,
- trimmer,
- turnabout,
- turncoat,
- turntail,
- two-timer