Benedict arnold
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A traitor. US
"A Negro hotelkeeper in a free city of the North views with disdain a Benedict Arnold in the colored camp who crosses the lines to a "white" hotel."
Example
More examples"A Negro hotelkeeper in a free city of the North views with disdain a Benedict Arnold in the colored camp who crosses the lines to a "white" hotel."
Etymology
From Benedict Arnold, famous for betraying the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.