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# traitor

«traitor» in Mova's school dictionary: **a person who betrays their country, for example by…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a traitor, traitors)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A traitor is a person who betrays their country, for example by helping its enemies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#m1)

2) A traitor is someone who betrays friends, a team or a group they belonged to, by giving away secrets or changing sides. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In history and stories (spies, wars, kings) the word marks one of the worst crimes. In playground talk children shout "Traitor!" at someone who joins the other team or tells a secret, often half as a joke. Phrases: «a traitor to his country», «turn traitor», «You traitor!», «traitor's gate».

### examples

- The traitor gave the secret plans to the enemy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x1)
- Guy Fawkes was called a traitor for his plot against the king. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x2)
- "Traitor!" Jake joked when his friend joined the other team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x3)
- She felt like a traitor for telling Mum the secret. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x4)
- In the story, the knight's best friend turned out to be a traitor. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x5)
- Traitors were once taken through Traitors' Gate at the Tower of London. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x6)
- He was no traitor; he only told the truth to stop someone getting hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x7)
- 'Ah, traitor!' cried the wolf, howling with rage. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/#x8)

### note

Countable noun. Related: betray, betrayal, treason (the crime of betraying your country), treacherous. Trap: telling a teacher when someone is in danger is not being a traitor; it is keeping people safe.

### In the corpora

- [When he opens his eyes, his own river looks grey and chilly, and his loyal heart scolds him for being a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/57-willows-ch9-part2-the-swallows/3/)
- [Jake lives on Station Road but goes to school with the Mill Lane kids, so both sides called him a traitor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/382-our-street-against-theirs/5/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «traitor» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitor/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.