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archtraitor

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A chief or transcendent traitor.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • 1754, Isaac Watts, Remnants of Time, Employed in Prose and Verse, in The Posthumous Works of the Late Reverend Dr. Isaac Watts, London: T. and T. Longman et al., p. 276, He [Jesus] led Satan the Arch-Traitor bound at his Chariot Wheels [...]

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History

Etymology

From arch- + traitor.

Across languages

Translations

2 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Manx: ard-vraheyder — a chief or transcendent traitor
  • Portuguese: arquitraidor — a chief or transcendent traitor