Meanings
nountraitress (plural traitresses)
plural traitresses
- obsoleteObsolete form of traitoress.
My wife, my traitress, let her not come near me.
1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J[ohn] M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, line 7251 more example
Would'st thou revenge thee, traitress, hadst thou pow'r?
1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number)
Origin
- Frenchtraîtresse
- Englishtraitress
French traîtresse.
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traitress. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traitress
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“traitress.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traitress. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “traitress,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/traitress.
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