Meaning

1 senses
  1. Someone who oppresses another or others.

    Unterdrücker

    угнета́тельugnetátelʹ

    гноби́тельhnobýtelʹ, гноби́телькаhnobýtelʹka, понево́лювачponevóljuvač

    a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

Examples

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  1. He will avenge the people on their oppressor.

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  2. From that moment on, he felt undying hatred for his oppressors.

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  3. Power, wrongly used, defeats the oppressor as well as the oppressed.

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  4. Don't aid the oppressor.

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  5. Don't support the oppressor.

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Translations

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Origin

From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent t

From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or.

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Forms

plural: oppressors

Word family

2 related words
Relatedoppress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
oppressor — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto