Both Uses of
martyr
in
Franny and Zooey
- Her first, blatantly martyred chore was to turn on the cold-water tap.†
Chpt 2.2 *
- What I don't like at all is this little hair-shirty private life of a martyr you're living back at college—this little snotty crusade you think you're leading against everybody.†
Chpt 2.3
Definition:
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(martyr) someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles -- especially someone killed for refusing to renounce their religion, or someone who commits a suicide death in the name of their religion
or:
someone who suffers a great deal
or (as a verb):
to kill someone or make them suffer in a manner that many would view as unjust