| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| traitor |
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| SYLLABICATION: | trai·tor |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  tr  t r |
| NOUN: | One who betrays one's country, a cause, or a trust, especially one who commits treason. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, from Old French, from Latin trditor, from trditus, past participle of trdere, to betray. See tradition.
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