traitor (B2)
noun
Pronunciation: /ˈtreɪtər/
Definition
A person who betrays their country, a cause, or a group of people by helping an enemy or opponent.
Examples
The captured soldier was branded a traitor by his own people.
He felt like a traitor for revealing the company's secrets to a competitor.
History remembers Benedict Arnold as a notorious traitor to the American Revolution.
How to Use traitor
- traitor to (prepositional phrase)
- Someone who betrays a person, group, or ideal they were supposed to be loyal to. — "He was seen as a traitor to his family for marrying someone they disapproved of."
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