Trai"tor (?), n. [OE. traitour, OF.
traïtor, traïteur, F. treître, 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.
O passing traitor, perjured and unjust!
Shak.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust;
a betrayer. "This false traitor death." Chaucer.
Trai"tor, a. Traitorous. [R.]
Spenser. Pope.
Trai"tor, v. t. To act the traitor
toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors
me." Lithgow.
Trai"tor (?), n. [OE. traitour, OF.
traïtor, traïteur, F. treître, 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.
O passing traitor, perjured and unjust!
Shak.
2. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust;
a betrayer. "This false traitor death." Chaucer.
Trai"tor, a. Traitorous. [R.]
Spenser. Pope.
Trai"tor, v. t. To act the traitor
toward; to betray; to deceive. [Obs.] " But time, it traitors
me." Lithgow.
