Meaning

1 senses

  1. (archaic)An apostate or perfidious renegade.

Origin

From Middle English withersake, from Old English wiþersaca (“adversary, enemy; betrayer; a

From Middle English withersake, from Old English wiþersaca (“adversary, enemy; betrayer; apostate”), from Proto-West Germanic *wiþrasakō, equivalent to wither- (“against”) + sake. Cognate with Middle High German widersache, Modern German Widersacher (“adversary, opponent, antagonist, foe”).

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Forms

plural: withersakes

Synonyms

29 synonyms
ratA1snakeA1traitorB2butterflyA1transfugeturncoatbackstabberbetrayercockatricedouble-crosserquislingratterrecreantrenegade

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
withewitherB1withholdwithinA2
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