English-German translations for martyr

• Märtyrer der
  Es war keine Frage der Geschäftsordnung, aber ich hatte die große Gnade, aus Ihnen keinen Märtyrer zu machen. It was not a point of order, but I had the good grace not to make a martyr of you.
  Der sicherste Weg zu diesem Ergebnis wäre, dass Israel ihn zum Märtyrer macht. The surest way to ensure that outcome would be for Israel to make a martyr out of him.
  Es wäre wahrscheinlich eine gute Idee, diese Richtlinie als Tribut an diese Märtyrer nicht zu verabschieden. It would probably be a good idea, as a tribute to these martyrs, not to adopt this directive.
• Märtyrerin die
  Delara Darabi ist eine weitere Märtyrerin eines religiösen Fanatismus, wie so viele vor ihr, deren Hinrichtung wir in diesem Haus verurteilt haben. Delara Darabi is yet another martyr of religious fanaticism, like so many others whose execution we have denounced in this House.
• Blutzeuge

Definition of martyr

• One who willingly accepts being put to death for adhering openly to one's religious beliefs; notably, saints canonized after martyrdom
• One who sacrifices his or her life, station, or something of great personal value, for the sake of principle or to sustain a cause
• To make someone into a '''martyr''by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession
• To torment; to torture

Examples

• Saint Stephen was the first Christian martyr
• Stan is a martyr to arthritis, Chris a martyr to Stans endless moaning about it
• Some religious and other minorities were martyred until extinction.
• The lovely Amoret, whose gentle heart
• Thou martyrest with sorrow and with smart. — Spenser

Related words

• martyrdom
• martyrology
• protomartyr
• martyrial
• martyrium
• martyrizer
• martyry
• martyrion
• kynomartyrion