1. One who suffers for the sake of principle
   - sufferer 
2. One who voluntarily suffers death as the penalty for refusing to renounce their religion

1. Kill as a martyr
   "Saint Sebastian was martyred" 
2. Torture and torment like a martyr
   - martyrize, martyrise [Brit]

Derived forms: martyred, martyrs, martyring

See also: martyrdom

Type of: excruciate, kill, torment, torture, victim

Encyclopedia: Martyr

• unwieldiness
• unwieldy
• unwilled
• unwilling
• unwillingly
• unwillingness
• unwind
• unwire
• unwise
• unwisely
• unwiseness
• unwished
• unwished-for
• unwitting
• unwittingly
• unwomanly
• unwonted
• unwontedly
• unwooded
• unworkable
• unworkmanlike
• unworldly
• unworn
• unworried
• unworthily