Martyr (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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noun
  1. a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce their religion.
  2. a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: Her death has made her a martyr to the cause of social justice.
  3. a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering: The patient was a martyr to severe headaches.
  4. a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc.
verb (used with object)
  1. to persecute for supporting a belief or cause, especially by putting to death.
  2. to torment or torture.
noun
  1. a person who suffers death rather than renounce his religious beliefs
  2. a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc
  3. a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc
  4. a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc
verb Also: 'martyrˌize, 'martyrˌise (tr)
  1. to kill as a martyr
  2. to make a martyr of
Martyr (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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