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Meaning of TRAITOROUS

Pronunciation:  'treyturus

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
  1. [adj]  deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold"; "a lying traitorous insurrectionist"
  2. [adj]  constituting treason; "a traitorous act"; "treasonable acts like sabotage"
 
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 Synonyms: disloyal, faithless, treasonable, treasonous, unfaithful
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Trai"tor*ous\, a. [Cf. F. tra[^i]treux.]
1. Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as,
   a traitorous officer or subject. --Shak.
2. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying
   breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme. --
   {Trai"tor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Trai"tor*ous*ness}, n.
 

 

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