Plural of bewrayer; people who reveal or betray secrets, often unintentionally.
From Middle English 'bewrayen,' combining 'be-' (prefix meaning to cause or make) and 'wray' (to reveal or betray), from Old English 'wræggan.' The term evolved to mean exposing what was hidden.
The word 'bewray' is one of those delightfully archaic verbs that Shakespeare used—it literally means to 'wreck' someone's secrets by revealing them, though it's rarely heard today outside of old literature.
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