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Definitions for Martyr

[1] a person who willingly suffers death rather than renounce his or her religion.
[2] a person who is put to death or endures great suffering on behalf of any belief, principle, or cause: a martyr to the cause of social justice.
[3] a person who undergoes severe or constant suffering: a martyr to severe headaches.
[4] a person who seeks sympathy or attention by feigning or exaggerating pain, deprivation, etc.
[5] to make a martyr of, especially by putting to death.
[6] to torment or torture.
[7] a person who suffers death rather than renounce his religious beliefs
[8] a person who suffers greatly or dies for a cause, belief, etc
[9] a person who suffers from poor health, misfortune, etc he's a martyr to rheumatism
[10] facetious , or derogatory a person who feigns suffering to gain sympathy, help, etc
[11] to kill as a martyr
[12] to make a martyr of

Words related to Martyr

scapegoat, victim, saint, offering, sufferer

Words nearby Martyr

martinson, martinsville, martinů, martlet, martnet, martyr, martyrdom, martyrium, martyrize, martyrology, martyry

Origin of Martyr

before 900; (noun) Middle English marter, Old English martyr < Late Latin < Late Greek mártyr, variant of Greek mártys, mártyros witness; (v.) Middle English martiren, Old English martyrian, derivative of noun

Other words from Martyr

mar·tyr·ish , adjective
mar·tyr·ly , adverb, adjective
un·mar·tyred , adjective

Word origin for Martyr

Old English martir, from Church Latin martyr, from Late Greek martur-, martus witness

Synonyms for Martyr

scapegoat, offering, saint