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#: ''Saint Stephen was the first Christian '''martyr'''''. |
#: ''Saint Stephen was the first Christian '''martyr'''''. |
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# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} One who [[sacrifice]]s his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. |
# {{context|by extension|lang=en}} One who [[sacrifice]]s his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. |
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#: ''Shias consider Hussein to have been the greatest '''martyr''' of Islam.'' |
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# (''with a prepositional phrase of cause'') One who [[suffer]]s greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily. |
# (''with a prepositional phrase of cause'') One who [[suffer]]s greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily. |
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#: ''Stan is a '''martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a '''martyr''' to Stan's endless moaning about it. |
#: ''Stan is a '''martyr''' to arthritis, Chris a '''martyr''' to Stan's endless moaning about it. |
Revision as of 08:52, 1 September 2013
English
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.
Pronunciation
- enPR: märʹ-tər, Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "/ˈmɑrtər/" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E., Template:X-SAMPA
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "AU" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "[ˈmaː.tə(ɹ)]" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "UK" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "[ˈmɑː.tə(ɹ)]" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "US" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "[ˈmɑɹ.tɚ]" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "en-us-martyr.ogg" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "ɑː(r)tə(r)" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E.
Noun
martyr (plural martyrs)
- One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
- Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
- (deprecated template usage) (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.
- Shias consider Hussein to have been the greatest martyr of Islam.
- (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
- Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.
- Lua error in Module:quote at line 2959: Parameter 1 is required.
- One who is killed or suffers greatly because of an identity or position, e.g., a young prince killed when his father, the king, is deposed for the purpose of preventing the restoration of the monarchy later.
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Verb
martyr (third-person singular simple present martyrs, present participle martyring, simple past and past participle martyred)
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) 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.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To persecute.
- Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
- (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To torment; to torture.
- The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
- Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser
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Translations
French
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.
Pronunciation
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Noun
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Jèrriais
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 2 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.
Noun
- (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter "lang" should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. martyr
Latin
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 360: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Classical" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. (deprecated use of
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parameter) IPA(key): /ˈmar.tir/
Noun
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- (deprecated template usage) (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyr, especially a Christian martyr
Inflection
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Norwegian
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ecclesiastical Latin (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.
Noun
martyr
- A martyr.
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Inflection
Swedish
Noun
martyr c
- a martyr
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- English terms derived from Middle English
- English terms derived from Old English
- English terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English countable nouns
- Translations to be checked (Undetermined)
- Language code is name/ttbc/unrecognised
- English verbs
- English transitive verbs
- French terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- French terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Latin 2-syllable words
- Latin terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ecclesiastical Latin
- Norwegian terms derived from Ecclesiastical Latin
- Norwegian terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian lemmas
- Norwegian nouns
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns