martyr
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noun- 1.
One who willingly accepts being put to death or willingly accepts challenging and exposing iniquity done to oneself for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after red martyrdom.
The apostle Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
- 2.
(broadly)(by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
- 3.
(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly or constantly, even involuntarily.
Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
- 4.
(derogatory)Someone who exaggerates their pain and suffering in order to gain sympathy.
You have a great life! Stop trying to play the martyr!
Động từ
verb- 1.
(transitive)To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
- 2.
(transitive)To persecute.
Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
- 3.
(transitive)To torment; to torture.
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From Middle English martir, from Old English martyr, itself a borrowing from martyr, from Ancient Greek μάρτυρ, later form of μάρτυς (witness).