Liberal Dictionary English Dictionary
traitress [trey-tris] ExamplesWord Origin noun
- a woman who is a traitor.
Also trai·tor·ess [trey-ter-is] /ˈtreɪ tər ɪs/. Origin of traitress 1400–50; late Middle English traitresse Old French; see traitor, -ess Examples from the Web for traitress Historical Examples of traitress
The very power of the characterization makes the traitress hateful.
Frank Harris
I will not say in what country, for all countries have been hospitable to me, and I am neither a spy nor a traitress.
Sarah Bernhardt
In the crisis, beside her father’s corpse, she had played the traitress to her resolve.
Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
So she had deceived him, after all; she had played the traitress from the very beginning.
Van Tassel Sutphen
This evening was rendered remarkable by a man’s calling out, “You are a traitress!”
George Meredith