martyr is a valid English word

Scrabble validity: valid ( international - Sowpods, US - Twl06 )
iScramble validity: valid
QuickWords validity: valid

Meanings

Noun (COUNTABLE)

Singular Plural
martyr martyrs
    One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom.
    • Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr.
    (by extension) One who sacrifices their life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause.
    (with a prepositional phrase of cause) One who suffers greatly and/or constantly, even involuntarily.
    • Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stan's endless moaning about it.

Verb

Verb Present simple 3sg Present participle Past simple Past participle
martyr martyrs martyring martyred martyred
    (transitive) To make someone into a martyr by putting them to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
    (transitive) To persecute.
    • Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
    (transitive) To torment; to torture.

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