noun
Meaning 1
A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Live a persecutor, likely die a persecutor.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
persecutor
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
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noun
Meaning 2
someone who torments
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: tormentor, tormenter
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: oppressor
Narrower terms: harasser, pest, blighter, cuss, pesterer, gadfly, tantalizer, tantaliser, witch-hunter
History
Etymology
From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
Across languages
Translations
7 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Finnish: vainooja — a person or thing that persecutes
- Macedonian: прого́нувач (progónuvač) — a person or thing that persecutes
- Macedonian: прого́нител (progónitel) — a person or thing that persecutes
- Old English: ēhtere — a person or thing that persecutes
- Plautdietsch: Vefolja — a person or thing that persecutes
- Polish: prześladowca — a person or thing that persecutes
- Polish: prześladowczyni — a person or thing that persecutes