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TREASONIST
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Someone who betrays his country by committing treason
Synonyms:
traitor; treasonist
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("treasonist" is a kind of...):
criminal; crook; felon; malefactor; outlaw (someone who has committed a crime or has been legally convicted of a crime)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "treasonist"):
collaborationist; collaborator; quisling (someone who collaborates with an enemy occupying force)
fifth columnist; saboteur (a member of a clandestine subversive organization who tries to help a potential invader)
traitress (female traitor)
Instance hyponyms:
Arnold; Benedict Arnold (United States general and traitor in the American Revolution; in 1780 his plan to surrender West Point to the British was foiled (1741-1801))
Derivation:
treason (an act of deliberate betrayal)
treason (a crime that undermines the offender's government)
treason (disloyalty by virtue of subversive behavior)
