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Definitions for Oppressor
[1] to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism.
[2] to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them.
[3] to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does.
[4] Archaic . to put down; subdue or suppress.
[5] Archaic . to press upon or against; crush.
[6] to subjugate by cruelty, force, etc
[7] to afflict or torment
[8] to lie heavy on (the mind, imagination, etc)
[9] an obsolete word for overwhelm
Words related to Oppressor
oppressautocrat, despot, authoritarian, bully, dictator, taskmaster, martinet, persecutor
Words nearby Oppressor
oppressopposite prompt, opposite sex, opposition, oppositional disorder, oppositionist, oppress, oppression, oppressive, opprobrious, opprobrium, oppugn
Origin of Oppressor
1300–50; Middle English oppressen < Middle French oppresser < Medieval Latin oppressāre, derivative of Latin oppressus past participle of opprimere to squeeze, suffocate, equivalent to op- op- + -primere (combining form of premere ) to press1
Words that may be confused with Oppressor
WORDS, THAT, MAY, BE, CONFUSED, WITH, oppressoppress, repress
Other words from Oppressor
op·press·i·ble , adjective
op·pres·sor , noun
pre·op·press , verb (used with object)
pre·op·pres·sor , noun
re·op·press , verb (used with object)
self-op·pres·sor , noun
un·op·pressed , adjective
un·op·press·i·ble , adjective
Word origin for Oppressor
C14: via Old French from Medieval Latin oppressāre, from Latin opprimere, from ob- against + premere to press
Synonyms for Oppressor
autocrat, despot, authoritarian, bully, dictator, martinet, persecutor, taskmaster, absolute ruler, slave driver