Meaning

1 senses
  1. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.

Examples

126 sentences
  1. We have a traitor among us.

    Серед нас є зрадник. — iceman

    ruСреди нас есть предатель. — shanghainese

    deWir haben einen Verräter unter uns. — kolonjano

  2. I knew Tom was a traitor.

    Я знав, що Том — зрадник. — deniko

    ruЯ знал, что Том предатель. — Wezel

  3. I'm not a traitor.

    Я не зрадник. — shanghainese

    ruЯ не предатель. — odexed

    deIch bin kein Verräter. — driini

  4. Tom called Mary a traitor.

    Том назвав Мері зрадницею. — deniko

    ruТом назвал Марию предательницей. — odexed

    deTom nannte Mary eine Verräterin. — al_ex_an_der

  5. It's Tom who's the traitor.

    Зрадник — Том. — deniko

    deDer Verräter ist Tom. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Origin

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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Forms

traitors, traitoring, traitored, traitored
Base formtraitor · to traitor
3rd person singulartraitors
Present participletraitoring
Past simpletraitored
Past participletraitored

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theytraitor
he, she, ittraitors

Past simpleLesson

all personstraitored

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave traitored
he, she, ithas traitored

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill traitor

See also

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