Both Uses
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- If dropping bombs on the enemy was not a special service, he reflected aloud frequently with the martyred smile of sweet reasonableness that was his loyal confederate in every dispute, then he could not help wondering what in the world was.†
Chpt 12 *martyred = killed or suffered due to holding to principles
- 'Oh, I expect to be back in the squadron by then,' the captain answered with a kind of martyred confidence.†
Chpt 25
Definitions:
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(1)
(martyr) someone who is killed or made to suffer greatly for their beliefs, often unjustly; or someone who acts as if they suffer a lot; or to make someone into such a person
- (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)