betrayer

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /bɪˈtreɪɚ/ UK /bɪˈtreɪə/ See IPA manual

noun

Meanings

1

noun
a person who is disloyal to a trust or cause

History remembered him as a betrayer of his own people.

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Synonyms

1 noun · a person who is disloyal to... traitor turncoat renegadedouble-crosserquisling deceiver

Opposites

loyalist ally

Word family

Related forms betray betrayal traitor

Etymology

From betray + -er; betray from Middle English betrayen, from be- + Old French trair, from Latin trādere ('to hand over').

be- Old English trādere Latin

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# betrayer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** bɪˈtreɪɚ
**IPA (UK):** bɪˈtreɪə

## Meanings
1. a person who is disloyal to a trust or cause

## Examples
- History remembered him as a betrayer of his own people.

## Synonyms
- traitor
- turncoat
- renegade
- double-crosser
- quisling
- deceiver

## Antonyms
- loyalist
- ally

## Related Forms
- betray
- betrayal
- traitor

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: be-
- Root: trādere

## Etymology
From betray + -er; betray from Middle English betrayen, from be- + Old French trair, from Latin trādere ('to hand over').

## AI Etymology
Betrayer comes from betray + -er; betray from Middle English betrayen, from be- + Old French trair, from Latin trādere ('to hand over'). The historical trail runs through Old English be- and Latin trādere. Morphologically, the surface form is analyzable into prefixes, suffixes, compounds, or participial endings that carry part of the history. In modern use it means a person who is disloyal to a trust or cause. Related forms include betray, betrayal, traitor.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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