traitor
Someone who violates an allegiance and betrays their countrySomeone 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.
» We have a traitor among us.
Wir haben einen Verräter unter uns.
Unter uns ist ein Verräter.
Среди нас есть предатель.
Среди нас предатель.
Серед нас є зрадник.
Значение
значений: 3Someone 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.
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.
someone who betrays their country by committing treason
Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering their country.
(шире)One who betrays any confidence or trust.
Verräter, Verräterin
преда́тельpredátelʹ, преда́тельницаpredátelʹnica, изме́нникizménnik
зра́дникzrádnyk, зра́дницяzrádnycja
Примеры
предложений: 126We have a traitor among us.
Среди нас есть предатель.
ukСеред нас є зрадник.
deWir haben einen Verräter unter uns.
Tom and Mary are the traitors.
Том и Мэри - предатели.
I knew Tom was a traitor.
Я знал, что Том предатель.
ukЯ знав, що Том — зрадник.
Do you know who the traitor is?
Ты знаешь, кто предатель?
Is Tom a hero or traitor?
Том герой или предатель?
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
По значениям 1
По значениям 1
Происхождение
From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître),From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin trāditor. Displaced native Middle English swike from Old English swica (“traitor”), and Middle English proditour and traditour borrowed directly from Latin. The general Old English word denoting "traitor" was lǣwa or lǣwend. Doublet of traditor and treason.
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Формы
мн. число: traitorsСинонимы
синонимов: 34- someone who betrays their country by committing treason:treasonist
- a person who says one thing and does another:double-crosserdouble-dealertwo-timerbetrayer