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persecutor|ˈpɜːsɪkjuːtə(r)|
Also 5–6 -our, 6–7 -er.
[orig. a. AF. persecutour = F. persécuteur, OF. persecutur (12th c.), ad. L. persecūtōr-em, agent-n. from persequī to persecute: see -or, -our. Also with -er of Eng. origin: see -er1.]
One who persecutes; ‘one who harasses others with continued malignity’ (J.); esp. one who harasses others on account of opinions or belief.
1484Caxton Fables of æsop vi. viii, We haue a grete enemye, whiche is a grete persecutour ouer vs alle. 1526Tindale 1 Tim. i. 13, I was a blasphemar, and a persecuter, and a tyraunt. 1621Burton Anat. Mel. iii. iv. i. iii. (1651) 666 Lucian, that adamantine persequutor of superstition. 1642Milton Apol. Smect. Wks. 1851 III. 301 A needlesse and jolly persecuter call'd Indifference. 1776Gibbon Decl. & F. xvi. (1819) II. 418 The ancient apologists of christianity have censured, with equal truth and severity, the irregular conduct of their persecutors. |