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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 51Թ Forms
- t· adjective
- t· adverb adjective
- ܲ·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of martyr1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of martyr1
Example Sentences
It added that "a number of casualties" had been documented as "civilian martyrs", meaning they have been unjustly killed and entitling them to compensation.
"An additional 697 martyrs have been added to the cumulative statistics after their data was completed and verified by the committee monitoring missing persons," the health ministry said.
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. What do we have? Nothing.”
“There’s a martyr in every place you pass on the road here,” Yasser said, shaking his head.
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