traitoress

English edit

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Alternative forms edit

traitoresse, traitress, traitresse, traytoress, traytoresse, traytress, traytresse

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

traitoress (plural traitoresses)

(chiefly obsolete) A female traitor.

References edit

“traitoress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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