All 3 Uses of
martyr
in
A Good Man is Hard to Find AND OTHER STORIES
- Certain tents were closed then because they contained things that would be known only to grown people but she had looked with interest at tJtie advertising on the closed tents, at the faded-looking pictures on the canvas of people in tights, with stiff stretched composed faces like the faces of the martyrs waiting to have their tongues cut out by the Roman soldier.†
Story 5.martyrs = dies or suffers due to upholding principle; or people who have suffered such a fate
- She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick.†
Story 5. *martyr = someone who dies or suffers to uphold principles
- She began to prepare her martyrdom, seeing herself in a pair of tights in a great arena, lit by the early Christians hanging in cages of fire, making a gold dusty light that fell on her and the lions.†
Story 5.martyrdom = the death or suffering of someone due to upholding principles
Definition:
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
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