■ noun
1》 a person who is killed because of their religious or other beliefs.
2》 a person who displays or exaggerates their suffering or discomfort in order to obtain sympathy or admiration.
■ verb kill as a ~; make a ~ of.
Derivatives
~dom noun
~ize or ~ise verb
Origin
OE martir , via eccles. L. from Gk martur 'witness' (in Christian use, '~').