martir : Binisaya - Cebuano to English Dictionary and Thesaurus.

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martir [mar.tir.] :

martyr (n.)

Derivatives of martir

Glosses:

martyr
n. (person)	1. martyr, sufferer	one who suffers for the sake of principle.
	~ shaheed	Arabic term for holy martyrs; applied by Palestinians to suicide bombers.
	~ victim	an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
	~ tindal, tindale, tyndale, william tindal, william tindale, william tyndale	English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).
n. (person)	2. martyr	one who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion.
	~ victim	an unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance.
	~ becket, saint thomas a becket, st. thomas a becket, thomas a becket	(Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170; murdered following his opposition to Henry II's attempts to control the clergy (1118-1170).
	~ george, saint george, st. george	Christian martyr; patron saint of England; hero of the legend of Saint George and the Dragon in which he slew a dragon and saved a princess (?-303).
	~ jeanne d'arc, joan of arc, saint joan	French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English and to have Charles VII crowned king; she was later tried for heresy and burned at the stake (1412-1431).
	~ laurentius, lawrence, saint lawrence, st. lawrence	Roman martyr; supposedly Lawrence was ordered by the police to give up the church's treasure and when he responded by presenting the poor people of Rome he was roasted to death on a gridiron (died in 258).
	~ polycarp, saint polycarp, st. polycarp	Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155).
	~ st. vitus, vitus	Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300).
v. (contact)	3. martyr	kill as a martyr.; "Saint Sebastian was martyred"
	~ kill	cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly.; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"
v. (body)	4. martyr, martyrise, martyrize	torture and torment like a martyr.
	~ excruciate, torture, torment	subject to torture.; "The sinners will be tormented in Hell, according to the Bible"