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Meaning of traitor | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈtɹeɪtə(ɹ)

Definitions

  1. 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.
  2. 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
  3. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
  4. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country
  5. One who betrays any confidence or trust
  6. One who betrays any confidence or trust.
    broadly
  7. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive
  8. Traitorous

Equivalents

Azərbaycanca satqın xain
Български преда́тел
Cymraeg bradwr
Dansk forræder
Esperanto bofrontido perfidulo
Euskara saltzaile
Français traître traîtresse
עברית בוגד
Magyar áruló
Հայերեն դավաճան
Bahasa Indonesia pembelot pengkhianat
Íslenska svikari
ქართული მოღალატე
Қазақша сатқын
ខ្មែរ អ្នកក្បត់
Kurdî kale xaîn xaîn
Кыргызча чыккынчы
Lietuvių išdavikas
Latviešu nodevējs
മലയാളം ഒറ്റുകാരൻ
Монгол урвагч
Bahasa Melayu pengkhianat
Português traidor traidora
Slovenčina zradca zradkyňa
Slovenščina izdajalec
Shqip tradhtar
Српски kale издајник
తెలుగు ద్రోహి
Türkmençe haýyn
Tagalog traidor
ئۇيغۇرچە خائىن
Українська зра́дник зрадниця
اردو غدار
Oʻzbekcha xoin

Examples

“After World War I, the communists and Jews were accused to be traitors by the German right wing (the "stab-in-the-back myth"), ultimately culminating in their persecution and massacre.”
“My Lord of Hereford here whom you call King, / Is a foule traitour to proud Herefords King, / And if you crowne him let me propheſie, / The bloud of Engliſh ſhall manure the ground, / And future ages groane for this foule act, [...]”
“Yes, that was Vice President Spiro Agnew commemorating the "loyalty" of literal traitors. But what can you really expect from a man whose name rearranged spells "grow a penis."”
“It's second nature now to think myself a traitor To myself, to all I've ever burdened with my rotting visage I can't breathe, the weight of all I've disappointed crushes me If I were happy, it would feel as if I couldn't trust me”
“It took you two weeks To go off and date her Guess you didn't cheat But you're still, you're still a traitor Yeah, you're still a traitor”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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