Noun: traytouresse
Genitive
Dative
Sample Sentences
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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. [a1500(?a1450), GRom.(Hrl 7333) 248:]
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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. [1532(?a1400), RRose (Thynne) 7389:]
Nouns inflected like traytouresse
syment,
cristened,
savete,
savyne,
sandal,
whelere,
scuage,
scluse,
sclise,
sclave,
schyft,
schuit,
schite,
schort,
schold,
schern,
smothe,
smethe,
smerte,
slutte, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Middle French traitresse, Anglo-Norman traiteresse, treiteresce; equivalent to traytour + -esse.
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