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- Latin · derived fromtrāditor“betrayer”
- English todaytraditor
From Latin trāditor (“betrayer”), from trādō (“to hand over”). Doublet of traitor.
Words from the same roots
Latintrāditor all →
traitor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
traditor
Today it means: A deliverer; a name of infamy given to Christians who delivered the Scriptures, or the goods of the church, to their persecutors to save their lives. Full definition →
Latin trāditor