MARTYR Definition & Meaning

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martyr

[ mahr-ter ]

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noun

a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause:
Her death has made her a martyr to the cause of social justice.
a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering:
The patient was a martyr to severe headaches.
a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc.

verb (used with object)

to persecute for supporting a belief or cause, especially by putting to death.
to torment or torture.

martyr

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noun

a person who suffers death rather than renounce his religious beliefs
a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc
a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc
he's a martyr to rheumatism
facetious.
a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc

verb

to kill as a martyr
to make a martyr of

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Derived Forms

ˌ��ٲ��ˈ��پ��ǲ�, noun

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Other �y��vlog Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of martyr¹

First recorded before 900; Middle English noun martir, marter, Old English martyr from Old French and Late Latin, from Late Greek ��á��ٲ��, dialect variant of Greek mártys, mártyros “witness”; verb derivative of noun

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of martyr¹

Old English martir, from Church Latin martyr, from Late Greek martur-, martus witness

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Through his belligerence, Yoon has turned himself into a political martyr for many – the victim of an establishment that has been overrun by "communists".

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I was constantly negotiating how to keep doing what I love and what I know our community needs most, while also not being a martyr for the cause.

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"All the departed have returned to Allah's home, I would say. They will be remembered as martyrs accordingly," he said.

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“Arise, Aitaroun! This is the time of martyrs, and blood, and victory,” said an announcer, as four flatbed trucks rumbled to the square bearing 95 coffins.

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The company of performers assembled to perform this hoary property consists of has-beens, wannabes, klutzes and martyred veterans.

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