bewrayer

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noun

A betrayer or divulger.

OriginMiddle English bewrayer →
Scrabble 16
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Meanings

nounbewrayer (plural bewrayers)

plural bewrayers

  1. archaicA betrayer or divulger.

    a bewrayer of secrets

    1711 November 27 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “FRIDAY, November 17, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 225; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC

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Origin

  1. Middle Englishbewrayer
  2. Englishbewrayer

From Middle English bewrayer, biwryare, equivalent to bewray + -er.

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APA

bewrayer. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewrayer

MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “bewrayer,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/bewrayer.

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