JUDAS


Meaning of JUDAS in English

n.1 a person who betrays a friend.

2 (judas) a peep-hole in a door.

Phrases and idioms:

Judas-tree a Mediterranean tree, Cercis siliquastrum, with purple flowers usu. appearing before the leaves.

Etymology: Judas Iscariot who betrayed Christ (Luke 22)

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.