martyr
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7.3
- noun
- /ˈmɑrtər/
:
mártir
- Galileo is often regarded as a martyr who suffered for his beliefs about the universe.
- die a martyr
- martyr's sacrifice
- martyr for the cause
I mean, if the government kills me, they have a martyr.
- I mean, if the government kills me, they have a martyr.
- This all added up to really turn her into some kind of a martyr of this cause.
- We can learn from these folks, but instead of treating them as virtuous martyrs, perhaps to simply see them as teachers.
- But not Turner, excuse me, but Frederick Douglass, he said not Turner is one of our glorious martyrs.
- So I want to come out and say that I do not support George Floyd and the media depiction of him as a martyr for Black America.
- That's Besmears, the name of every martyr throned to the lions in the arena who died for their faith.
- It's good happy to say that, but it still was wrong, you know, and I, I think like the these folks didn't ask to be your martyrs.
- That Donald Trump deep down inside feels that he is like a martyr, that no, that no matter what he is doing the absolute best thing for the country.
- Where are your monuments, your battles, martyrs?
- And most of them would say now she was more of a martyr.
- He called this poem the Martyr and it has a famous line in it.
Examples
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Since that time, five of these brothers are martyrs to our faith.
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You have been chosen to die a martyr's death.
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This all added up to really turn her into some kind of a martyr of this cause.
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If they kill me, then I'm a martyr.
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But there's no need to make a martyr of you before your time.
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Let us begin with Galileo, that storied martyr to the cause of modern science.
Academic text (1998) -
Chibas had become portrayed as a martyr who died to protest widespread political corruption in Cuba.
Academic text (1993) -
Efforts were made to honor the martyrs of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956.
Academic text (2000) -
"Kelkal is seen as a martyr, a Robin Hood who defied the state," said Dahmani.
Academic text (1996) -
The suppression of the Revolution of 1848-1849 produced martyrs whose sacrifices have been celebrated ever since.
Academic text (2000)
Synonyms
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9.9
A person who dies for their religion and is honored, often in Islam
Idioms
Compounds
- NSFW
An attack where someone blows themselves up to kill or hurt others for a cause
A young king of England from 975 to 978 who became a saint after he was killed
How Sacrificial
Surface Forms
Etymology
Martyr comes from a Greek word mártys meaning 'witness'. Long ago, people who 'witnessed' their faith often suffered or died for it, so the word came to mean someone who suffers or is killed for their beliefs.