NOUN
  • Definition - One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
  • Example - Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  • Definition - (by extension) One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
  • Example - Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
  • Definition - (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
  • Example - Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
VERB
  • Definition - To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
  • Example - Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
  • Definition - To persecute.
  • Example - Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
  • Definition - To torment; to torture.
  • Example - The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
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7 Letter Words
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6 Letter Words
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5 Letter Words
marry 10 mayst 10 tryma 10 artsy 8 satyr 8 stray 8 tarry 8 trays 8 marts 7 smart 7 trams 7
4 Letter Words
army 9 mays 9 yams 9 arty 7 rays 7 ryas 7 stay 7 tray 7 arms 6 mars 6 mart 6 mast 6 mats 6 rams 6 tams 6 tram 6 arts 4 rats 4 star 4 tars 4 tsar 4
3 Letter Words
may 8 yam 8 ays 6 ray 6 rya 6 say 6 sty 6 try 6 yar 6 yas 6 arm 5 mar 5 mas 5 mat 5 ram 5 tam 5 ars 3 art 3 ras 3 rat 3 sat 3 tar 3 tas 3
2 Letter Words
my 7 ay 5 ya 5 am 4 ma 4 ar 2 as 2 at 2 ta 2
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