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traitresse

traitresse 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 traitresse

pluraltraitresses

Questions about traitresse

What is traitresse the obsolete form of?
Traitresse is the obsolete form of traitoress.

Words near traitresse in the dictionary

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

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