Definizione monolingua

martyr

martyr (third-person singular simple present martyrs, present participle martyring, simple past and past participle martyred)

1. (transitive) 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. (transitive) To persecute.

   Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.

3. (transitive) To torment; to torture.

   The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart

   Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

martyr (plural martyrs)

1. One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to ones religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

   Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.

2. (by extension) 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.
3. (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.

   Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stans endless moaning about it.

   • 1937, AJ Cronin, The Citadel:

     Hed been a martyr to asthma all his life.

Definizione dizionario martyr

martire

martirizzare

Altri significati:

(transitive) To torment; to torture.

one who sacrifices their life for an important cause

(with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.

(transitive) 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.

One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.

(transitive) To persecute.

one who suffers greatly, even involuntarily

one willing to be killed for religion (shahid)

(by extension) 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.

Someone who suffers for the sake of principle.

to make someone a martyr