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Definition of Traitress
1. Noun. Female traitor.
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
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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