Толковый словарь английского языка - martyr
Martyr
martyr
I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, from Late Latin, from Greek ~-, martys witness Date: before 12th century a person who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty of witnessing to and refusing to renounce a religion, a person who sacrifices something of great value and especially life itself for the sake of principle, victim , ~ization noun ~ize transitive verb II. transitive verb Date: before 12th century to put to death for adhering to a belief, faith, or profession, to inflict agonizing pain on ; torture
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n. & v. --n. 1 a a person who is put to death for refusing to renounce a faith or belief. b a person who suffers for adhering to a principle, cause, etc. 2 (foll. by to) a constant sufferer from (an ailment). --v.tr. 1 put to death as a martyr. 2 torment. Phrases and idioms make a martyr of oneself accept or pretend to accept unnecessary discomfort etc. Etymology: OE martir f. eccl.L martyr f. Gk martur, martus -uros witness ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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