bewrayer
English
Etymology
From Middle English bewrayer, biwryare, equivalent to bewray + -er.
Noun
bewrayer (plural bewrayers)
- (archaic) A betrayer or divulger.
- 1711 November 28 (Gregorian calendar), [Joseph Addison; Richard Steele et al.], “SATURDAY, November 17, 1711”, in The Spectator, number 225; republished in Alexander Chalmers, editor, The Spectator; a New Edition, […], volume III, New York, N.Y.: D[aniel] Appleton & Company, 1853, →OCLC:
- a bewrayer of secrets