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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer
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| definition 1: |
a person who chooses to die or be killed rather than give up his or her religion.
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| definition 2: |
a person who suffers or is killed for defending some belief or cause.
Martin Luther King, Jr. was a martyr in the cause of justice.- similar words:
- sacrifice, victim
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