oppressor
oppressor · oppressors
гнобитель, гнобителька, поневолювач, поневольник
угнетатель
Unterdrücker
Someone who oppresses another or othersSomeone who oppresses another or others.
US/əpɹˈɛsɚ/
» He will avenge the people on their oppressor.
Meaning
1 sensesSomeone who oppresses another or others.
Unterdrücker
угнета́тельugnetátelʹ
гноби́тельhnobýtelʹ, гноби́телькаhnobýtelʹka, понево́лювачponevóljuvač
a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
Examples
11 sentencesHe will avenge the people on their oppressor.
From that moment on, he felt undying hatred for his oppressors.
Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.
Don't aid the oppressor.
Don't support the oppressor.
Translations
7 languagesУкраїнська
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Deutsch
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someone who oppresses others:
Origin
From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent tFrom Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or.
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Forms
plural: oppressorsWord family
2 related wordsRelatedoppress
Deriveddownpressor