traitress
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
traitress (plural traitresses)
- Obsolete form of traitoress.
- 1671, John Milton, “Samson Agonistes, […]”, in Paradise Regain’d. A Poem. In IV Books. To which is Added, Samson Agonistes, London: […] J. M[acock] for John Starkey […], →OCLC, line 725:
- My wife, my traitress, let her not come near me.
- 1690, [John] Dryden, Don Sebastian, King of Portugal: […], London: […] Jo. Hindmarsh, […], →OCLC, (please specify the page number):
- Would'st thou revenge thee, traitress, hadst thou pow'r?
References edit
- “traitress”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.