betrayer

be·tray

(bĭ-trā′)

tr.v. be·trayed, be·tray·ing, be·trays

a. To give aid or information to an enemy of; commit treason against: betray one's country.

b. To inform upon or deliver into the hands of an enemy in violation of a trust or allegiance: "City investigators betrayed him to his bosses as a whistle-blower" (Selwyn Raab).

2. To be false or disloyal to: betrayed a cause; betray one's spouse.

3. To divulge in a breach of confidence: betray a secret.

4. To make known unintentionally: Her hollow laugh betrayed her contempt for the idea.

5. To lead astray; deceive: "She felt somewhat like a woman who in a moment of passion is betrayed into an act of infidelity" (Kate Chopin).

[Middle English bitraien : bi-, be- + traien, to betray (from Old French trair, from Latin trādere, to hand over; see tradition).]

be·tray′al n.

be·tray′er n.

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Noun	1.	betrayer - one who reveals confidential information in return for money blabber, informer, squealer, rat canary, fink, snitch, stool pigeon, stoolie, stoolpigeon, sneaker, snitcher, sneak - someone acting as an informer or decoy for the police informant, source - a person who supplies information copper's nark, nark - an informer or spy working for the police supergrass, grass - a police informer who implicates many people
	2.	betrayer - a person who says one thing and does another double-crosser, double-dealer, traitor, two-timer beguiler, cheater, deceiver, trickster, slicker, cheat - someone who leads you to believe something that is not true Judas - someone who betrays under the guise of friendship

betrayer

noun traitor, deceiver, informer, renegade, defector, conspirator, Judas, deserter, double-crosser (informal), turncoat, quisling, apostate, miscreant, snake in the grass, back-stabber a traitor and betrayer

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

betrayer

noun

One who betrays:

double-crosser, Judas, traitor.

Informal: rat.

Translations

خائِن، غادر، مُفْشي السِّر

zrádce

forræder

svikari

hainihanet eden

betrayer

[bɪˈtreɪəʳ] N → traidor(a) m/f
she killed her betrayer → mató a quien la traicionó

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

betrayer

[bɪˈtreɪə^r] n

[+ friend] → dénonciateur/trice m/f

[country, ally] → traître/esse m/f
to be a betrayer of a country → trahir un pays

[principles, ideal] → traître/esse m/f
to be a betrayer of sth [+ ideal, principle] → être un traître envers qch

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

betrayer

n → Verräter(in) m(f) (→ of an +dat); (Pol) → Verräter(in) m(f) (→ an +dat)

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betray

(biˈtrei) verb

1. to act disloyally or treacherously towards (especially a person who trusts one). He betrayed his own brother (to the enemy).

2. to give away (a secret etc). Never betray a confidence!

3. to show (signs of). Her pale face betrayed her fear.

beˈtrayal noun

beˈtrayer noun

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But he only replied that I had been the betrayer in the case, by indulging in various amours.

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For indeed the moonlight that fell across her bosom was not whiter than my thoughts, nor could any kiss--were it even such a kiss as Venus promised to the betrayer of Psyche--even in its fiercest delirium, be other than dross compared with the wild white peace of those silent hours when we lay thus married and maiden side by side.

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Come out of that, you little fraud behind there!" It was my betrayer skulking in the room.

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Revolutionist and reactionary, victim and executioner, betrayer and betrayed, they shall all be pitied together when the light breaks on our black sky at last.

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However, fortune at length took pity on me; for as we were got a little beyond Wellington, in a narrow lane, my guards received a false alarm, that near fifty of the enemy were at hand; upon which they shifted for themselves, and left me and my betrayer to do the same.

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Straightway a meeting was called among the colored people, under the stereotyped notice, "Busi- ness of importance!" The betrayer was invited to at- tend.

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I'll believe you are a coward, for yourself, but not a cowardly betrayer of your best friend.'

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But life is a fond betrayer. Eighteen hours afterward, in the morning, we found him dead in his bed, the little mummy maid beside him.

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For a while murder ate at his heart, and wild ideas and sketchy plans of killing his betrayers flashed through his mind.

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Several books published in Malaysia portray Ataturk negatively, often as a betrayer to the Islamic faith who did not die honourably.

Dr M pays respects to Ataturk, father of modern-day, secular Turkey

John tries to work out the identity of his betrayer, before making an emotional return to Beecham House.