persecutor
A person or thing that persecutes or harassesA person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
» Tom is a persecutor of minorities.
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1 sensesA person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Live a persecutor, likely die a persecutor.
- someone who torments
Examples
3 sentencesTom is a persecutor of minorities.
You don't have to love your persecutor.
Is he really your persecutor, or are you just being too sensitive?
Translations
1 languagesOrigin
From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. DisplaceFrom Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
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Forms
plural: persecutorsSynonyms
2 synonyms- someone who torments:tormentortormenter
Word family
2 related wordsSee also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.