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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
martyr/ˈmɑːtə(r)/

▶noun

1 a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.

2 a person who displays or exaggerates their suffering or discomfort in order to obtain sympathy or admiration.

▶verb kill as a martyr; make a martyr of.

– derivatives
martyrdom noun
martyrize (or martyrise) verb.

– origin OE martir, via eccles. L. from Gk martur ‘witness’ (in Christian use, ‘martyr’).

'martyr' also found in these Oxford entries:

martyry - protomartyr - St Vitus's dance

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