traditor

[ trad-i-ter ]

noun

, plural trad·i·to·res [trad-i-, tawr, -eez, -, tohr, -].

1. an early Christian who betrayed other Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions.

traditor

/ ˈtrædɪtə /

noun

1. Early Church a Christian who betrayed his fellow Christians at the time of the Roman persecutions

Word History and Origins

Origin of traditor¹

1325–75; Middle English < Latin trāditor traitor, equivalent to trādi-, variant stem of trādere ( tradition ) + -tor -tor

Word History and Origins

Origin of traditor¹

C15: from Latin: traitor, from trādere to hand over

Example Sentences

Traditor, trad′i-tor, n. one of those early Christians who under persecution gave up copies of the Scriptures, the sacred vessels, or the names of their fellow-Christians.

From Project Gutenberg

—Traditor! col tuo l�uto Tu l' hai fatto innamorare!

From Project Gutenberg

And indeed this Hydra seems so unslayable, and sin sticks so fast between the joinings of the stones of buying and selling, that "to trade" in things, or literally "cross-give" them, has warped itself, by the instinct of nations, into their worst word for fraud; for, because in trade there cannot but be trust, and it seems also that there cannot but also be injury in answer to it, what is merely fraud between enemies becomes treachery among friends: and "trader," "traditor," and "traitor" are but the same word.

From Project Gutenberg

Poi si stracciò la vesta con gran furia, E disse: Io tornerò nella battaglia, Poi che tu m'hai per traditore scorto; Io non son traditor, se Dio mi vaglia, Non mi vedrai più oggi se non morto!

From Project Gutenberg

It is to be distinguished from the word "traitor," which comes from the Latin "traditor," one who gives up another.

From Project Gutenberg