noun
1 sb who is killed/suffers for what they believe
ADJECTIVE
▪ early
▪ glorious , holy
▪ Christian , Islamic , Protestant , etc.
VERB + MARTYR
▪ make sb
▪
Putting him to death would only make him a ~.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ to
▪
a ~ to the cause
PHRASES
▪ die a ~
▪ a martyr's death
2 sb who tries to gain sympathy
VERB + MARTYR
▪ play
▪
Stop playing the ~.
PHRASES
▪ make a ~ of yourself