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Webster 1913 Edition


Traitress

Trai′tress

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Noun.
[F.
traîtresse
.]
A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.
Dryden.

Webster 1828 Edition


Traitress

TRA'ITRESS

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Noun.
A female who betrays her country or her trust.

Definition 2024


traitress

traitress

English

Noun

traitress (plural traitresses)

  1. Obsolete form of traitoress.
    • 1671, John Milton, Samson Agonistes, line 725:
      My wife, my traitress, let her not come near me.
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