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traitoress

noun

traitoress

noun

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

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:

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