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mar·tyr
(mär′tər)n.
1. One who chooses to suffer death rather than renounce religious principles.
2. One who makes great sacrifices or suffers much in order to further a belief, cause, or principle.
3.
a. One who endures great suffering: a martyr to arthritis.
b. One who makes a great show of suffering in order to arouse sympathy.
tr.v. mar·tyred, mar·tyr·ing, mar·tyrs
1. To make a martyr of, especially to put to death for devotion to religious beliefs.
2. To inflict great pain on; torment.
[Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Late Greek martur, from Greek martus, martur-, witness.]
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martyr
(ˈmɑːtə)n
1. (Ecclesiastical Terms) a person who suffers death rather than renounce his religious beliefs
2. a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc
3. a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc: he's a martyr to rheumatism.
4. facetious or derogatory a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc
vb (tr)
5. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to kill as a martyr
6. (Ecclesiastical Terms) to make a martyr of
[Old English martir, from Church Latin martyr, from Late Greek martur-, martus witness]
ˌmartyriˈzation, ˌmartyriˈsation n
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mar•tyr
(ˈmɑr tər)n.
1. a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
2. a person who is put to death or suffers on behalf of a cause.
3. a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering.
v.t. 4. to make a martyr of, esp. by putting to death.
5. to torment; torture.
[before 900; Old English martyr < Late Latin < Late Greek mártyr, variant of Greek mártys, witness]
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martyr
Past participle: martyred
Gerund: martyring
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| Noun | 1. |  martyr - one who suffers for the sake of principleshaheed - Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
| 2. | martyr - one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion victim - an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance Polycarp, Saint Polycarp, St. Polycarp - Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155) | |
| Verb | 1. | martyr - kill as a martyr; "Saint Sebastian was martyred" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" |
| 2. |  martyr - torture and torment like a martyr excruciate, torture, torment - subject to torture; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible" |
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martyr
verb put to death, make a martyr of, martyrize (rare) St. Pancras was martyred in 304 AD.
be a martyr to something suffer from, be troubled by, be afflicted with, be seriously affected by, be a sufferer from He's still a martyr to that painful right elbow.
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Translations
شَهيدشَهِيدٌيَقْتُل بسبب العَقيدَه
mučedníkmučitoběťtrpitel-ice
martyrpersonder er plaget afgøre til martyr
märter
marttyyriuhri
mučenik
mártírszenvedõ áldozatavértanúvértanúhalállal megöl
deyîa eîa pínalangòjáîur maîurpíslarvottur
殉教者受難者
순교자
kankinio kančioskankinio mirtiskankinyskentėtojasnukankinti
cietējslikt mirt mocekļa nāvēmoceklisnomocītupuris
martirmartirizamucenic
mučeníktrpiteľumučiť
martyr
şehitşehit etmeksürekli acı çeken kimseinanç kurbanı
người tử vì đạo
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martyr
[ˈmɑːrtər]Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
martyr
n → Märtyrer(in) m(f); he was a martyr to the cause of civil rights → er wurde zum Märtyrer für die Sache der Bürgerrechtsbewegung; to be a martyr to arthritis → entsetzlich unter Arthritis zu leiden haben; there’s no need to make a martyr of yourself (inf) → du brauchst hier nicht den Märtyrer zu spielen (inf)
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martyr
(ˈmaːtə) noun1. a person who suffers death or hardship for what he or she believes. St Joan is said to have been a martyr.
2. a person who continually suffers from a disease, difficulty etc. She is a martyr to rheumatism.
verb to put (someone) to death or cause (him) to suffer greatly for his beliefs. Saint Joan was martyred by the English.
ˈmartyrdom noun the suffering or death of a martyr.
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martyr
→ شَهِيدٌ mučedník martyr Märtyrer μάρτυρας mártir marttyyri martyr mučenik martire 殉教者 순교자 martelaar martyr męczennik mártir мученик martyr ผู้ยอมเสียสละชีวิตเพื่อศาสนาหรือความเชื่อของตน şehit người tử vì đạo 烈士Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009