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Meanings of traitor in English

Russian
предатель
Portuguese
traidor
Catalan
traïdor

A person who says one thing and does another.

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предатель
Portuguese
traidor
Catalan
traïdor

Someone who betrays his country by committing treason.

traidor
Spanish
traidor

Someone who betrays.

traidor

A person who is active in an Organisation or similar who is actively and secretly sharing some or all of its internal and confidential informations with another organisation or group of people most often targetting quite opposite goals.

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Examples for "loyalist"
Examples for "loyalist"
1
We certainly do not question his right to his British loyalist views.
The Irish Times
2
However, his latest visit to the North was marred by loyalist protests.
The Irish Times
3
So far no one has admitted responsibility, but loyalist paramilitaries are suspected.
The Irish Times
4
Hardly a day passes in the North now without a loyalist attack.
The Irish Times
5
He has previously sent letter bombs to several unionist and loyalist politicians.
The Irish Times
Usage of traitor in English
1
He was no traitor; he was no coward; he was no liar.
The Helmet of Navarre
2
So I occupied myself with thoughts about the traitor in the crew.
The Blood Ship
3
Oddly, that was exactly the same argument the traitor Venport had used.
Navigators of Dune
4
Maybe the droolers on talk radio are right and I'm a traitor.'
Quantico
5
A cornered traitor is unlikely to respond according to strict court etiquette.
The Silver Pigs
6
Skullhammer's fears had been justified: he'd just been wrong about the traitor.
Bedlam
7
He bade me bring the traitor before him; and thus I obey.
The Scottish Chiefs
8
It had no army and no navy; everybody was traitor to it.
Speeches on Questions of Public Policy, Volume 1
9
The American had been an honest man; his closest friend, the traitor.
Fatherland
10
Littlewood will need a strong hand after the traitor is put down.
The river kings' road
11
Others say it was a traitor god who caused all the trouble.
Secret of the Dragon
12
No traitor breathed the air of this capital wearing a black skin.
History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States
13
Their mission: to follow a traitor and track down where he lived.
The sonderberg case
14
Correspondents say he is regarded as a traitor by Pakistan's security agencies.
Radio NZ
15
If there really was a traitor, then Storm needed to unmask him.
A Raging Storm
16
I will not be a traitor; I will not be a coward.
The Wandering Jew — Volume 04
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Translations for traitor
Catalan
traïdor
Spanish
traidor
Traitor through the time
Traitor across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
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