Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A traitor; a cheat; a deceiver.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun obsolete A traitor; a cheat.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun obsolete A traitor or deceiver.

Etymologies

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From Old French trecheor (modern tricheur), from trechier, tricher ‘to cheat, trick’. Compare trick.

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Examples

  • And if a teacher is truly just a lousy treacher -- and let ` s face it, there are lousy -- lousy TV show hosts, as I ` m saying right now.

    CNN Transcript May 29, 2008 2008

  • "I have not yet replaced my current Knight, treacher though he is," she purred.

    Dead Beat Butcher, Jim 2005

  • And remove your treacher - ous carcass from my garden.

    Dragons of a Fallen Sun Weis, Margaret 2000

  • But of course he did, and this was the worst of his body's treacher, for try as he would, he couldn't help blaming her for it.

    In Alien Hands Shatner, William 1997

  • The branch they were currently traversing was narrow, the upper surface of the bark slick and treacher-ous.

    Mid Flinx Foster, Alan Dean 1995

  • It is no longer Batista; it is the Yankee empire with its cynicism, its treacher, its might, its opportunism, always dreaming of the day they can crush or eliminate the revolution.

    MAIN CEREMONY-30TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE GUISA BATT 1988

  • She pushed away from Lord-One Krip and indicated that treacher - ous pavement below.

    Flight in Yiktor Norton, Andre 1986

  • Imrryr, the Dreaming City, dreams in peace -- and will continue to do so unless we have a guide to help us steer a course through the treacher - ous waterways which lead to her harbours.

    The Weird Of The White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • Imrryr, the Dreaming City, dreams in peace -- and will continue to do so unless we have a guide to help us steer a course through the treacher - ous waterways which lead to her harbours.

    The Weird of the White Wolf Moorcock, Michael, 1939- 1977

  • There was in the air that sudden, treacher - ous softness which makes the Poles who work in the pack - ing-houses get drunk.

    The Song of the Lark by Willa Cather 1915

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  • example usage: "A Beautiful Blue Death" by Charles Finch, 2007 (fiction, mystery) -- exact page number lost, but I'm pretty sure it was between pg 100 and pg 200

    August 3, 2009

  • Also trichor.

    February 14, 2024