Also 6–7 betraier. [f. as prec. + -ER1.] One who betrays: in various senses of the vb.
1526. Tindale, John xiii. 11. For he knewe his betrayer.
1552. Huloet, Betrayer, bewrayer, or trayter.
1678. Wanley, Wond. Lit. World, II. xviii. Shamefacedness [is] many times a … betrayer of the mind.
1738. Warburton, Div. Legat., I. 157. Betrayers of the Mysteries were punished capitally.
1767. Fordyce, Serm. Yng. Wom., I. iv. 144. She met a betrayer, and lost her honour.
1828. D’Israeli, Chas. I., I. viii. 253. The betrayer of his patron in his turn was betrayed.
