NOUN | person | William Tindale, Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal | English translator and Protestant martyr |
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Meaning | English 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). | |
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Synonyms | Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, Tindal, William Tindal | |
Instance of | interpreter, translator | someone who mediates between speakers of different languages |
martyr, sufferer | One who suffers for the sake of principle | |
Spanish | William Tyndale | |
Catalan | William Tyndale |
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