HyperDic: william_tindale

English > 1 sense of the expression William Tindale:
NOUNperson William Tindale, Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, Tindal, William TindalEnglish translator and Protestant martyr
English > William Tindale: 1 sense > noun 1, person
MeaningEnglish translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536).
SynonymsTyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal
Instance ofinterpreter, translatorsomeone who mediates between speakers of different languages
martyr, suffererOne who suffers for the sake of principle
SpanishWilliam Tyndale
CatalanWilliam Tyndale

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