traitor
/ˈtɹeɪ.tɚ/ sustantivo B2En español: traidor, traidora, serpiente, proditor
- Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their country; someone guilty of treason; one who, in breach of trust, delivers their country to an enemy, or yields up any fort or place entrusted to their defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished.
- Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
- One who betrays any confidence or trust.
Plural traitors
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“Nay, madame, I pray you pardon this little traitor.
The Lion abused him as a traitor.
As soon as they were well away, the Fox departed without taking any notice of the Woodcutter: whereon he called to him and reproached him, saying, “You ungrateful fellow, you owe your life to me, and yet you leave me without a word of thanks.” The Fox replied, “Indeed, I should have thanked you fervently if your deeds had been as good as your words, and if your hands had not been traitors to your speech.”
Knowing himself to be a traitor, he may have read the accusation in the other’s eyes.”
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