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martyr
Definitions
(Noun) someone who suffers to prove a point(Noun) Someone killed because of his/her insistence on a particular religion. Like Christian missionaries standing fast before lions in the Colosseum.
Usage: This is the strict "close" definition. But one can be a "martyr" to a political cause - not suffering death but ignominy.
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