Hypertext Webster Gateway: "traitorous"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Traitorous \Trai"tor*ous\, a. [Cf. F. tra[^i]treux.]
1. Guilty of treason; treacherous; perfidious; faithless; as,
a traitorous officer or subject. --Shak.
2. Consisting in treason; partaking of treason; implying
breach of allegiance; as, a traitorous scheme. --
{Trai"tor*ous*ly}, adv. -- {Trai"tor*ous*ness}, n.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
traitorous
adj 1: deliberately and abominably disloyal or likely to betray
trust or confidence; "the faithless Benedict Arnold";
"a lying traitorous insurrectionist" [syn: {faithless},
{unfaithful}]
2: constituting treason; "a traitorous act"; "treasonable acts
like sabotage" [syn: {treasonable}, {treasonous}]
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