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Traitorous

//ˈtɹeɪtəɹəs// adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Characteristic of a traitor; disloyal.

    "I tel you true my hart is ſwolne with wrath, On this ſame theeuish villain Tamburlain. And of that false Coſroe, my traiterous brother, Would it not grieue a King to be so abuſ’d?"

  2. 2
    Constituting treason; treasonable or seditious.
Adjective
  1. 1
    having the character of, or characteristic of, a traitor wordnet

Etymology

From Middle English trayterous, traytrous, (also Middle English traytours, treytours), from Anglo-Norman traiterous, traitourous and Old French traitros.

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