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# traitress

«traitress» in Mova's school dictionary: **A woman who betrays a friend, a family or her country…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (traitresses)

### meaning for a pupil

A woman who betrays a friend, a family or her country (old use for a female traitor). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitress/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in fairy tales a traitress is a wicked woman who tricks or lets down the hero.

### examples

- The traitress told the wolf where the children were hiding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitress/#x1)
- "You traitress!" shouted the prince when he found the letter. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/traitress/#x2)

### note

nothing for maths

### Trees and pragmatics

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