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traitoress

traitoress noun: a female traitor.

Noun

traitoress (plural traitoresses)

  1. (archaic) A female traitor.
    • Rather than heed her warnings, those who hear her words name her a traitoress or a woman insane.2005, Lynda Rue Duerksen Jordan, Risking Apollo’s Kiss: Stories of Academically-Talented Women Teachers Naming Themselves, page 4

Forms of traitoress

pluraltraitoresses
alternative form (obsolete)traitoresse
alternative form (obsolete)traitress
alternative form (obsolete)traitresse
alternative form (obsolete)traytoress
alternative form (obsolete)traytoresse
alternative form (obsolete)traytress
alternative form (obsolete)traytresse

Origin of traitoress

From Middle English traitresse, traytouresse, from Middle French traitresse, Anglo-Norman traiteresse, treiteresce; equivalent to traitor + -ess.

Questions about traitoress

What does traitoress mean?
Traitoress means a female traitor.
What part of speech is traitoress?
Traitoress is a noun.
What is the plural of traitoress?
The plural of traitoress is traitoresses.

Words near traitoress in the dictionary

  1. traitor
  2. traitor tracing
  3. traitor within the gates
  4. traitordom
  5. traitored
  6. traitoress
  7. traitoresse
  8. traitoresses
  9. traitorhood
  10. traitories
  11. traitoring

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