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treason
English
Etymology
From Middle English tresoun, treison, from Anglo-Norman treson, from Old French traïson (“treason”), from trair, or from Latin tr?diti?nem, accusative of tr?diti? (“a giving up, handing over, surrender, delivery, tradition”), from tr?d? (“give up, hand over, deliver over, betray”, verb), from tr?ns- (“over, across”) +? d? (“give”). Doublet of tradition.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t?i?.z?n/
- Rhymes: -i?z?n
Noun
treason (countable and uncountable, plural treasons)
- The crime of betraying one’s own country.
- An act of treachery, betrayal of trust or confidence.
Synonyms
- betrayal
- perfidiousness
- perfidy
- treacherousness
- treachery
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
See also
- sedition
References
- treason at OneLook Dictionary Search
- treason in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- treason in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- Santore, Senator, anteros, asteron, atoners, nor'-east, nose art, noseart, one-star, orantes, ornates, rotanes, seatron, senator, tenoras
Middle English
Noun
treason
- Alternative form of tresoun
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traitor
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)
- 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
- Someone who takes arms and levies war against their country; or one who aids an enemy in conquering his country.
- Hence, one who betrays any confidence or trust.
- Synonyms: betrayer, fink
Translations
See also
- Benedict Arnold
- Quisling
- Judas
Verb
traitor (third-person singular simple present traitors, present participle traitoring, simple past and past participle traitored)
- To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive.
Translations
Adjective
traitor (comparative more traitor, superlative most traitor)
- traitorous
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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)
- 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)
- traitor
References
- von Wartburg, Walther (1928–2002) , “traditor”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 01, page 02
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