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/tʁɛtʁ/
Translation
traitor; treacherous
Word origin
From Latin traditor ('one who hands over'), from tradere ('to hand over, to deliver'). The same verb gives English 'traitor' and, by a gentler route, 'tradition'.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- traditor
- English cognates
- traitor, tradition
Grammar
Examples
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They called him a traitor in front of the whole village.
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Traitors always come to a bad end in these stories.
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She refuses to speak to that traitor.
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There was a traitor among the soldiers.
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Nobody likes traitors, not even on their own side.
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