Martyr

Noun

 * 1) One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
 * 2)  One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or what is of great value to him or her, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.

Verb

 * 1)  To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
 * 2)  To persecute.
 * 3)  To torment; to torture.

Adjectives for Martyr
ancient; unheralded; exulting; patient; resolute; selfish; grave; unpractical; fiery; sainted; magnanimous; crucified.

Thesaurus
afflict, agonize, ail, angel, angel of light, angel of love, annihilate, archangel, beatified soul, bereave of life, bite, bloody, burn, canonized mortal, carry away, carry off, celestial, chafe, cherub, cherubim, chloroform, claw, convulse, crucify, cut, cut down, cut off, deprive of life, destroy, dispatch, dispose of, distress, do away with, do for, do to death, end, excruciate, execute, exterminate, fester, finish, finish off, fret, gall, give pain, gnaw, grate, grind, gripe, harrow, heavenly being, hurt, immolate, impale, inflame, inflict pain, irritate, kill, kill by inches, lacerate, lancinate, launch into eternity, liquidate, lynch, macerate, make away with, martyrize, messenger of God, nip, object of compassion, pain, patron saint, pierce, pinch, poison, poor devil, prey, prick, principality, prolong the agony, punish, purge, put away, put down, put to death, put to sleep, put to torture, rack, rankle, rasp, recording angel, remove from life, rip, rub, sacrifice, saint, savage, saved soul, scarify, seraph, seraphim, slay, soul in glory, stab, starve, sting, sufferer, take life, take off, torment, torture, try, tweak, twist, victim, wound, wretch, wring

Etymology
From <, itself from  martyr: <  μάρτυρ:, later form of μάρτυς:.

Synonyms

 * shaheed, shahid

Antonyms

 * confessor

Derived terms

 * martyr complex
 * martyrdom
 * martyress
 * martyrial
 * martyrish
 * martyrizate


 * martyrize
 * martyrizer
 * martyrly
 * martyrolatry
 * martyrless
 * martyrship

Related terms

 * martyrion
 * martyrium
 * martyrologe
 * martyrologue
 * martyrology
 * martyry
 * protomartyr

Synonyms

 * martyrize

Derived terms

 * martyrer

Noun

 * Arabic:, شهيدة (plural: شهداء)
 * Aramaic:
 * Armenian:, նահատակ,
 * Catalan: màrtir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 烈士, 沙希德
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto: martiro
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:
 * French:, chahîd,  chahid
 * German:, Märtyrerin
 * Greek: μάρτυρας
 * Hebrew: שהיד
 * Hindi:, शहीदा
 * Hungarian: ,


 * Japanese: 殉教者, シャヒード
 * Korean:
 * Norwegian:
 * Ottoman Turkish:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian:, ,  шахид,  шахидка
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Serbo-Croatian: мученик, mučenik, шехид (Islam),  šehid (Islam)
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish:, gazi,  şehitler,  gaziler,  mücahit,  mücahid
 * Urdu:
 * Volapük: martüran,  himartüran,  jimartüran


 * Armenian: նահատակ
 * Catalan: màrtir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 烈士
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: μάρτυρας
 * Hungarian: ,
 * Japanese: 殉教者


 * Norwegian:
 * Persian:
 * Polish:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Serbo-Croatian: мученик, mučenik
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: şehit


 * Catalan: màrtir
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 受難者, 受难者
 * Dutch:
 * Estonian: märter
 * Finnish:
 * Greek: μάρτυρας
 * Hungarian:


 * Japanese: 受難者
 * Norwegian:
 * Russian:, ,  страдалец,  страдалица
 * Scottish Gaelic: martair
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: mücahit, mücahitler

Verb

 * Finnish: tehdä (jostakin)
 * French:


 * Polish: zadać męczeńską śmierć
 * Romanian:

Noun

 * 1) martyr, especially a Christian martyr

Etymology
From μάρτυρ:, later form of μάρτυς:.

Descendants

 * English:
 * French:
 * Italian:


 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Spanish:

Noun

 * 1) A martyr.

Etymology
From martyr: <  μάρτυρ:, later form of μάρτυς:.

Related terms

 * martre
 * martyrdød
 * martyrium

Noun

 * 1) a martyr

Related terms

 * martyrskap