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#: ''Saint Stephen was the first Christian '''martyr'''''.
#: ''Saint Stephen was the first Christian '''martyr'''''.
# {{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.
#: ''Shias consider Hussein to have been the greatest '''martyr''' of Islam.''
# (''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.
#: ''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

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Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle English, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Old English, itself from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "EL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. (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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    • (UK) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "[ˈmɑː.tə(ɹ)]" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
    • (US) Lua error: Please specify a language code in the first parameter; the value "[ˈmɑɹ.tɚ]" is not valid (see Wiktionary:List of languages).
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Noun

martyr (plural martyrs)

  1. 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.
  2. (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.
  3. (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.
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  4. 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.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

Derived terms

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Translations

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Verb

martyr (third-person singular simple present martyrs, present participle martyring, simple past and past participle martyred)

  1. (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.
  2. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To persecute.
    Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
  3. (deprecated template usage) (transitive) To torment; to torture.
    The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
    Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

Synonyms

Derived terms

Translations

persecute — see persecute
torture — see torture

French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "EL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. (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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  1. martyr

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Jèrriais

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "EL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 2 should be a valid language code; the value "roa-jer" is not valid. See WT:LOL. (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.

Noun

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  1. (deprecated template usage) Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: 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

Noun

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  1. (deprecated template usage) (Ecclesiastical Latin) martyr, especially a Christian martyr

Inflection

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Descendants

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Norwegian

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Lua error in Module:parameters at line 95: Parameter 1 should be a valid language code; the value "EL." is not valid. See WT:LOL. (deprecated template usage) martyr, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek (deprecated template usage) μάρτυρ, later form of (deprecated template usage) μάρτυς.

Noun

martyr

  1. A martyr.

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Inflection

Inflection of martyr
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
Bokmål m martyr martyren martyrer martyrene
Nynorsk m martyr martyren martyrar martyrane

Swedish

Noun

martyr c

  1. a martyr

Declension

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