Monday, September 22, 2014

traitor, trader

Traitor or traitor means a person who commits treason, or, more generally, a person who betrays a cause, or a person--
He was acquitted of the charge of treason, but to the public he remained a traitor.
He considers anyone who drives a car a traitor to the environmentalist cause.

Trader or trader means a merchant, or someone who buys and sells stock--
He has been a trader in antiques for thirty years.
He retired from his career as a trader on Wall Street, and plans to travel.

Now that you know that, you can say--
"Agents caught the arms trader; we are still at war, so he will be prosecuted as a traitor."

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