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Synonyms for oppressor


Grammar : Noun
Spell : uh-pres
Phonetic Transcription : əˈprɛs



Définition of oppressor

Origin :
  • c.1400, from Old French opresseor, from Latin oppressor, from opprimere (see oppress (v.)).
  • noun tyrant
Example sentences :
  • With tears rolling down her cheeks the victim points to her oppressor.
  • Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael
  • "And yet we used to prevail against the oppressor," he concluded, proudly.
  • Extract from : « Nostromo: A Tale of the Seaboard » by Joseph Conrad
  • "It is the sacred right of the citizen to oppress the oppressor," chimed Jude.
  • Extract from : « The False Chevalier » by William Douw Lighthall
  • You, when smitten on the right cheek, turned unto the oppressor the left.
  • Extract from : « Memoirs » by Charles Godfrey Leland
  • I reck not what ye say, so I win your lady sister from her oppressor.'
  • Extract from : « King Arthur's Knights » by Henry Gilbert
  • (p. 252) Decatur crowded on all sail, and set off in pursuit of the oppressor.
  • Extract from : « The Naval History of the United States » by Willis J. Abbot.
  • Where is now the oppressor's chariot, where your tyrant's purple robe?
  • Extract from : « Alroy » by Benjamin Disraeli
  • The crushed worm may yet turn under the heel of the oppressor.
  • Extract from : « My Bondage and My Freedom » by Frederick Douglass
  • Still not a child among us was too young to feel in his own flesh the lash of the oppressor.
  • Extract from : « The Promised Land » by Mary Antin
  • To them he was a traitor who had sold himself to the Yankee oppressor.
  • Extract from : « A History of the United States » by Cecil Chesterton

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