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traitress

traitress is the obsolete form of traitoress.

Meaning of traitoress

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 traitress

pluraltraitresses

Origin of traitress

French traîtresse.

Questions about traitress

What is traitress the obsolete form of?
Traitress is the obsolete form of traitoress.

Words near traitress in the dictionary

  1. traitour
  2. traitourly
  3. traitourous
  4. traitourously
  5. traitours
  6. traitress
  7. traitresse
  8. traitresses
  9. traits
  10. Trajan
  11. Trajanian

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