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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
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someone who suffers a great deal
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someone who suffers a great deal
- Lincoln was transformed from a controversial and often unpopular war leader into a martyr and hero.p. 138.5
- Stanton knew that if any person in Washington deserved a precious lock of the martyr's hair, it was Mary Jane Welles.p. 105.3
- The nation could hardly bury its martyred Father Abraham with a lead ball lodged in his brain.p. 109.9
There are no more uses of "martyr" in Chasing Lincoln's Killer.
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