different between traitor vs collaborationist

English

Alternative forms

• traitour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English traitor, traitour, traytour, from Old French traïtor (French traître), from Latin tr?ditor.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?t?e?t?(?)/
• (US) enPR: tr??t?r, IPA^(key): /?t?e?t?/, [?t??e???]
• Homophone: trader (in dialects with flapping)
• Rhymes: -e?t?(?)

Noun

traitor (plural traitors)

1. Someone 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 his defense, or surrenders an army or body of troops to the enemy, unless when vanquished
2. Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
3. Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.

   Synonyms: betrayer, fink

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See also

• Benedict Arnold
• Quisling
• Judas

Verb

traitor (third-person singular simple present traitors, present participle traitoring, simple past and past participle traitored)

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

Translations

Adjective

traitor (comparative more traitor, superlative most traitor)

1. traitorous

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Spenser to this entry?)

Translations

Old French

Alternative forms

• traïtor

Etymology

Adaptation of Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.

Noun

traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitre, nominative plural traitor)

1. traitor

Related terms

• traïson

Descendants

• French: traître
• Norman: traître (Jersey)
• Walloon: traite
• ? Middle English: traytour, traitour, traitor
  • English: traitor
  • ? Middle Irish: trétúir
    • Irish: tréatúir

Old Occitan

Etymology

From Latin tr?ditor, tr?ditorem.

Noun

traitor m (oblique plural traitors, nominative singular traitors, nominative plural traitor)

1. traitor

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “traditor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 01, page 02

English

Etymology

collaboration +? -ist

Noun

collaborationist (plural collaborationists)

1. One who collaborates, a collaborator.

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