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martyr

Main Entry:: ¹mar·tyr
Pronunciation:: \ˈmär-tər\
Function:: noun
Etymology:: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek martyr-, martys witness
Date:: before 12th century

1: a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion2: a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle3: victim; especially : a great or constant sufferer <a martyr to asthma all his life — A. J. Cronin>

— mar·tyr·i·za·tion

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\ˌmär-tə-rə-ˈzā-shən\ noun

— mar·tyr·ize

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\ˈmär-tə-ˌrīz\ transitive verb

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