Benedict Arnold
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Benedict Arnold
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From Benedict Arnold, famous for betraying the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War.
noun Benedict Arnolds
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A traitor.
A Negro hotelkeeper in a free city of the North views with disdain a Benedict Arnold in the colored camp who crosses the lines to a "white" hotel.
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