Meaning of OPPRESSOR
| Pronunciation: | | upr'esur
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| | Definition: | | [n] a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures |
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| | See Also: | | authoritarian, dictator, disagreeable person, meanie, meany, persecutor, switcher, tormenter, tormentor, torturer, unkind person, unpleasant person, whipper | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Op*press"or\, n. [L.]
One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others;
one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable
severity.
The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. --Shak.
To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor.
--Swift.
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| | Related Terms: | | absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler, arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bully, caesar, commissar, czar, despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master, intimidator, iron hand, martinet, oligarch, overlord, persecutor, pharaoh, scourge, Simon Legree, slave driver, stickler, strong man, taskmaster, tormentor, torturer, tyrant, usurper, warlord |
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