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

11 sentences
  1. He will avenge the people on their oppressor.

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

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

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  4. Don't aid the oppressor.

  5. Don't support the oppressor.

Translations

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Українська
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Русский
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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
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