TRAITOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does traitor mean?
• TRAITOR (noun)
The noun TRAITOR has 2 senses:
1. someone who betrays his country by committing treason
2. a person who says one thing and does another
Familiarity information: TRAITOR used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TRAITOR (noun)
Meaning:
Someone who betrays his country by committing treason
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
traitor; treasonist
Hypernyms ("traitor" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed (or been legally convicted of) a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traitor"):
collaborationist; collaborator; quisling (someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force)
fifth columnist; saboteur (a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader)
traitress (female traitor)
Instance hyponyms:
Arnold; Benedict Arnold (United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801))
Meaning:
A person who says one thing and does another
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
double-crosser; double-dealer; betrayer; traitor; two-timer
Hypernyms ("traitor" is a kind of...):
beguiler; cheat; cheater; deceiver; slicker; trickster (someone who leads you to believe something that is not true)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "traitor"):
Judas (someone who betrays under the guise of friendship)
