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English Dictionary - With Multi-Lingual Search Your Query of 'martyr' Resulted in 1 Matches Displaying Items 1 through 1 Definitions martyr noun  One who takes action according to his religious beliefs accepting that he will be killed by others; one who is put to death for his religion; as, Stephen was the first Christian . Hence, one who sacrifices his life, his station, or what is of great value to him, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause. (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly. ''Stephen was a to arthritis. Translations:  Dutch: martelaar , martelares French: martyr , martyre German: Mí¤rtyrer Spanish: mí¡rtir verb  To put to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession. To persecute; to torment; to torture. The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. "Spenser Etymology: From martyrLatin, martyr < Ancient Greek (polytonic, ) (martyr), later form of (polytonic, ) (martys) "witness".        Find:   Words Starting With:   Words Ending With:   Words Containing:   Words That Match:    Translate Into:    Dutch   French   German    Italian   Spanish Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web www.allwords.com Browse the Dictionary A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

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