"double-crosser" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: double-crossers [plural]
Etymology: From double-cross + -er. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:af|double-cross|-er<id:agent noun>|text=+|tree=1}} From double-cross + -er. Head templates: {{en-noun}} double-crosser (plural double-crossers)
  1. One who double-crosses; a traitor. Related terms: double agent Translations (one who double-crosses — see also traitor): 兩面派 /两面派 (liǎngmiànpài) (Chinese Mandarin), προδότης (prodótis) [masculine] (Greek), doppiogiochista [by-personal-gender, feminine, masculine] (Italian), sociofraudus [masculine] (Latin), oszust [masculine] (Polish), oszustka [feminine] (Polish), zdrajca [masculine] (Polish), zdrajczyni [feminine] (Polish)

Inflected forms

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          "word": "turntippet"
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          "roman": "liǎngmiànpài",
          "sense": "one who double-crosses — see also traitor",
          "word": "兩面派 /两面派"
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          "sense": "one who double-crosses — see also traitor",
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          "word": "treacherer"
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          "word": "withersake"
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      "sense": "one who double-crosses — see also traitor",
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    },
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