Definition of Traitress

1. Noun. Female traitor.

Generic synonyms: Traitor, Treasonist

Definition of Traitress

1. n. A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress.

Definition of Traitress

1. Noun. (alternative form of traitoress) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Traitress

1. [n -ES]

Medical Definition of Traitress

1. A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress. Origin: F. Traitresse. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Traitress

traitoresses
traitories
traitoring
traitorlike
traitorly
traitorous
traitorously
traitorousness
traitors
traitory
traitour
traitourly
traitourous
traitourously
traitours
traitress
traitresses
traits
traject
trajected
trajecting
trajection
trajections
trajector
trajectories
trajectory
trajects
trake
trakes
tralatician

Literary usage of Traitress

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Reader's Handbook of Allusions, References, Plots and Stories: With Two by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1880)
"... in his introduction to Longfellow's poems, makes an erroneous allusion to the Roman traitress. ..."

2. The reader's handbook of allusions, references, plots and stories by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1882)
"... in his introduction tn Longfellow's poems, makes an erroneous allusion to the Roman traitress. He says Longfellow's "ornament?, ..."

3. The London Theatre: A Collection of the Most Celebrated Dramatic Pieces by Thomas Dibdin (1815)
"... traitress, that I raised from nothing—Begone, begom begone, go, go—That I took from washing of old gaus and weaving of dead hair, with a bleak bine nose ..."

4. Republics Versus Woman: Constrasting the Treatment Accorded to Woman in by Kate Trimble Woolsey (1903)
"The Republic offered, as its only excuse for coming into being, that it meant to establish "equality for all,"—yet it is ever ready to brand as a traitress ..."

5. Following the Greek Cross: Or,Memories of the Sixth Army Corps by Thomas Worcester Hyde (1894)
""Friendly traitress, loving foe." CHARLES LAMB. MORNING arose, dreary and pale, upon the battle-field of Gettysburg. It would soon resemble a vast ..."

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