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mar·tyr
 martyr
- pronunciation:
- mar
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- parts of speech:
- noun, transitive verb
- features:
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition 1: |
a person who chooses to die or be killed rather than renounce his or her religious beliefs.
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| definition 2: |
a person who suffers greatly or is killed for some belief, cause, or principle.
Jailed for nearly thirty years, he was a martyr in the cause of justice.- similar words:
- sacrifice, victim
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| definition 3: |
a person who suffers greatly under some affliction.
She was a martyr to this debilitating disease.- synonyms:
- prey, victim
- similar words:
- sufferer, wretch
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| definition 4: |
a person who pretends great suffering in order to gain sympathy or attention.
- similar words:
- hypochondriac
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| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
martyred, martyring, martyrs |
| definition: |
to cause to become a martyr, by putting to death or inflicting suffering on.
- similar words:
- afflict, agonize, kill, persecute, torture
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