Meaning

1 senses

  1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

    Live a persecutor, likely die a persecutor.

More definitions
  • someone who torments

Examples

3 sentences

  1. Tom is a persecutor of minorities.

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  2. You don't have to love your persecutor.

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  3. Is he really your persecutor, or are you just being too sensitive?

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Translations

1 languages

Origin

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displace

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.

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Forms

plural: persecutors

Synonyms

2 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

2 related words
Relatedpersecute
Derivedpersecutress

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
perplexityperrypersecuteC1persecutionC1perseveranceB2perseverantperseverepersimmon
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