1
: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty
2
: one who commits treason
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Examples of traitor in a Sentence
She has been called a traitor to the liberal party's cause.
He was a traitor who betrayed his country by selling military secrets to the enemy.
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Gabbard repeatedly refused to call Snowden a traitor at the hearing.
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Justin Green, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
Anyone who refuses to label a traitor to the U.S. as a traitor is completely unqualified to lead our intelligence community.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Multiple Republican senators pressed Gabbard on her position, saying Snowden was a traitor who undermined U.S. national security and not, as Gabbard has claimed in the past, a patriotic whistleblower.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Multiple senators pressed Gabbard to call Snowden a traitor.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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Justin Green, Axios, 4 Feb. 2025
Anyone who refuses to label a traitor to the U.S. as a traitor is completely unqualified to lead our intelligence community.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 2 Feb. 2025
Multiple Republican senators pressed Gabbard on her position, saying Snowden was a traitor who undermined U.S. national security and not, as Gabbard has claimed in the past, a patriotic whistleblower.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025
Multiple senators pressed Gabbard to call Snowden a traitor.
—Brian Bennett, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
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“Traitor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/traitor. Accessed 16 Feb. 2025.
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traitor
noun
trai·tor
ˈtrāt-ər 
1
: one who betrays another's trust or is false to an obligation or duty
2
: one who commits treason
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