English > martyr: 4 senses > noun 2, person | Meaning | One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing / refusing to renounce their religion. |
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| Instances | Becket, Thomas a Becket, Saint Thomas a Becket, St. Thomas a Becket | (Roman Catholic Church) archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 to 1170 |
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| George, Saint George, St. George | Christian martyr |
| Jeanne d'Arc, Joan of Arc, Saint Joan | French heroine and military leader inspired by religious visions to organize French resistance to the English / English and to have Charles VII crowned king |
| Lawrence, Saint Lawrence, St. Lawrence, Laurentius | Roman martyr |
| Vitus, St. Vitus | Christian martyr and patron of those who suffer from epilepsy and Sydenham's chorea (died around 300) |
| Narrower | Polycarp, Saint Polycarp, St. Polycarp | Greek bishop of Smyrna who refused to recant his Christian faith and was burned to death by pagans (circa 69-155) |
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| Broader | victim | An unfortunate person who suffers from some adverse circumstance |
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| Spanish | mártir |
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| Catalan | martiri, màrtir |
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| Nouns | martyrdom | death that is imposed because of the person's adherence of a religious faith or cause |
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| Verbs | martyr | kill as a martyr |
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| martyrize | torture and torment like a martyr |
