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proditor

noun
plural -s

Definition of proditor 

obsolete

: traitor thou most usurping proditor and not protector of the king— Shakespeare

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History and Etymology for proditor

Middle English proditour, from Middle French proditeur, from Latin proditor, from proditus + -or

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