n. [ F., fr. L. tractus, fr. trahere to draw. See Trace, v., and cf. Tract a region, Trace a strap, Tret. ] [ 1913 Webster ]
By this single trait Homer makes an essential difference between the Iliad and Odyssey. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]
☞ Formerly pronounced trā, as in French, and still so pronounced to some extent in England. [ 1913 Webster ]
‖n. [ F. ] The keeper of an eating house, or restaurant; a restaurateur. Simmonds. [ 1913 Webster ]
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n. [ OE. traitour, OF. traïtor, traïteur, F. treître, L. traditor, fr. tradere, traditum, to deliver, to give up or surrender treacherously, to betray; trans across, over + dare to give. See Date time, and cf. Betray, Tradition, Traditor, Treason. ]
O passing traitor, perjured and unjust! Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Traitorous. [ R. ] Spenser. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ]
v. t. To act the traitor toward; to betray; to deceive. [ Obs. ] “ But time, it traitors me.” Lithgow. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. A traitress. [ Obs. ] Rom. of R. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. Like a traitor; treacherous; traitorous. [ Obs. ] “Traitorly rascals.” Shak. [ 1913 Webster ]
a. [ Cf. F. traîtreux. ]
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n. Treachery. [ Obs. ] Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. [ F. traîtresse. ] A woman who betrays her country or any trust; a traitoress. Dryden. [ 1913 Webster ]