treacher
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See also: Treacher
Etymology
From Middle English trecher, from Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher (“to cheat, trick”). Compare English trick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtɹɛt͡ʃəɹ/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɛtʃə(ɹ)
Noun
treacher (plural treachers)
- (archaic) A traitor or deceiver.
- 1968, Stewart Alsop, The Center: People and Power in Political Washington:
- “Fruits and treachers,” he said. “Nothin' in there but treachers and fruits. I see 'em goin' in and out all day, in their tammyshanters and their fur-covered shoes. Fruits and treachers, the place is full of 'em.”
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