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martyr

[mahr-ter] / ˈmɑr tər /
NOUN
sufferer
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NOUN
sacrificing person
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Lim believes the judge will hand down a life sentence, though, so as to "avoid making Yoon a martyr".

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

She was a martyr, someone who died for her beliefs.

From Salon • Jan. 6, 2026

This is a self-aware martyr, assertive and vulnerable, manipulated by shadowy patriarchal forces.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

But to some, it has also made him a martyr.

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

In a eulogy two friends said Ferris had “miscalculated his powers of endurance, and he died a martyr to his ambition for fame and prominence.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson




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