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oppressor|əˈprɛsə(r)|
Also 5–8 -our, (5 -ur).
[a. AF. oppressour = F. oppresseur (14th c. in Godef. Compl.), ad. L. oppressor, agent-n. from opprimĕre to oppress.]
1. One who oppresses; esp. one who harasses with unjust or cruel treatment.
c1425Lydg. Assembly of Gods 676 Oppressours of pepyll, and myghty crakers. 1432–50tr. Higden (Rolls) II. 251 Nemproth the bostuous oppressor of men. 1531Elyot Gov. iii. iv, He is..a valiaunt man, sauynge that he is an oppressour, an extorcioner. 1621Bacon in Four C. Eng. Lett. (Camden) 42, I have been no avaricious oppressor of the people. 1704Pope Windsor For. 74 Th' Oppressor rul'd tyrannic where he durst. 1874Morley Compromise (1886) 14 The patriots of Hungary are now in possession of their rights and have become friends of their old oppressors.
2. Anything that oppresses the mind or spirits.
1723Digby Let. to Pope 14 Aug., Sickness is a great oppressor. |