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Definition of Persecutor
1. Noun. Someone who torments.
Specialized synonyms: Harasser, Blighter, Cuss, Gadfly, Pest, Pesterer, Tantaliser, Tantalizer, Witch-hunter
Generic synonyms: Oppressor
Derivative terms: Persecute, Torment, Torment, Torment, Torment, Torment
Definition of Persecutor
1. n. One who persecutes, or harasses.
Definition of Persecutor
1. Noun. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Persecutor
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Persecutor
Literary usage of Persecutor
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Theological Dictionary: Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms by Charles Buck (1831)
"Severas, emperor of Rome, was a violent and cruel persecutor of the followers of
Christ ... Cains, the Roman emperor, was1« great persecutor of the Jews and ..."
2. A Theological Dictionary, Containing Definitions of All Religious Terms: A by Charles Buck (1829)
"... violent and cruel persecutor of the followers of Christ. He also, and all his
family, perished miserably, about the year two hundred after our Saviour. ..."
3. A Journal Or Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian by George Fox, William Penn, Margaret Askew Fell Fox (1839)
"Whereupon one of them told me he was the major-general of Northamptonshire. '
What ! ' said I, ' our old persecutor, that has per- ..."
4. Alexander III of Russia by Charles Lowe (1895)
"CHAPTER VIII THE TSAR persecutor A new King- over Egypt—M. ... persecutor—Polish
Catholics—Baltic Province Lutherans— Barclay de Tolly—The ..."
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