traytouresse

Middle English

Alternative forms
  • thrayteresse, traiteresse, traitores, traitouresse, traitresse, tratoures, trayteres, trayteresse, traytoresse, traytouras, traytoures, traytures, treyteresse

Etymology

From Middle French traitresse, Anglo-Norman traiteresse, treiteresce; equivalent to traytour +‎ -esse.

Noun

traytouresse

  1. traitoress: female traitor
    • a1500(?a1450), GRom.(Hrl 7333) 248:
      She was my wyf, & I hir lorde, and she helde this knyʒt in a-vowtrye vndir me, & falslye she caste my dethe..þe traytoure and þe traytouresse.
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    • 1532(?a1400), RRose (Thynne) 7389:
      That false traytouresse vntrewe [Dame Abstinence] Was lyke that salowe horse..That signifyeth to folke beshrewed That ben al ful of trecherye And pale through hypocrisye.
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Descendants
  • English: traitoress, traitress

References
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