treachour

English

Etymology

See treacher.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃə(ɹ)/

Noun

treachour (plural treachours)

1. Obsolete spelling of treacher (“traitor”).
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto I”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 12:

     Where may that treachour then (said he) be found, / Or by what meanes may I his footing tract?