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martyr
[ mahr-ter ]
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
/ ˈɑːə /
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
Derived Forms
- ˌٲˈپDz, noun
Other Word Forms
- t· adjective
- t· adverb adjective
- ܲ·t adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of martyr1
Word History and Origins
Origin of martyr1
Example Sentences
That is a category reserved for martyrs, those deemed to have lived a life of heroic values and candidates who the Church declares to have a saintly reputation.
“We don’t want martyrs to keep on dying. The Israelis have drones, helicopters, tanks, infrared goggles. do we have? Nothing.”
“There’s a martyr in every place you pass on the road here,” Yasser said, shaking his head.
An embattled Yoon has become larger than life, rebranded as a martyr who saw martial law as the only way to save South Korea's democracy.
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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