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Definition
someone who suffers for the sake of principle — especially someone killed for refusing to renounce their religion
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someone who suffers a great deal
or:
someone who suffers a great deal
- Like a plethoric burning martyr, or a self-consuming misanthrope, once ignited, the whale supplies his own fuel and burns by his own body.Chapters 94-96 -- A Squeeze of the Hand; The Cassock; The Try-Works (65% in)
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