traitoress

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noun

A female traitor.

OriginMiddle English traitresse ← Middle French traitresse ← Anglo-Norman traiteresse →
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Meanings

nountraitoress (plural traitoresses)

plural traitoresses · alternative obsolete traitoresse · alternative obsolete traitress · alternative obsolete traitresse · alternative obsolete traytoress · alternative obsolete traytoresse · alternative obsolete traytress · alternative obsolete traytresse

  1. archaicA 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

Origin

  1. Anglo-Normantraiteresse
  2. Middle Frenchtraitresse
  3. Middle Englishtraitresse
  4. Englishtraitoress

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

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APA

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

MLA

“traitoress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traitoress. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

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

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