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English
Noun
traitoresse (plural traitoresses)
- Obsolete spelling of traitoress.
1558, John Knox, edited by Edward Arber, The First Blast of the Trumpet against the monstrous regiment of Women (quotation in English; overall work in English):They must refuse to be her officers, because she is a traitoresse and rebell against God.
c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies (First Folio), London: Isaac Iaggard, and Ed Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, , page 231, column 2:There ſhall your Maſter haue a thouſand loues, / A Mother, and a Miſtreſſe, and a friend, / A Phenix, Captaine, and an enemy, / A guide, a Goddeſſe, and a Soueraigne, / A Counſellor, a Traitoreſſe, and a Deare: […]