tehdä (jostakin) marttyyri — meaning in English
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English meaning
- martyr noun A person who is killed or made to suffer greatly because of their beliefs, especially religious or political ones.
Senses
tehdä (jostakin) marttyyri is used for these senses in English:
- martyr (transitive) To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
martyr — full definition
- noun A person who is killed or made to suffer greatly because of their beliefs, especially religious or political ones.
- noun Someone who exaggerates their suffering to win sympathy or attention.
- verb To kill or persecute someone for their beliefs, or to sacrifice oneself for a cause.