protomartyr

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pro=to=mar=tyr

CIDE DICTIONARY

protomartyrn. [LL., fr. Gr. ; first + martyr: cf. F. protomartyr. See Proto-, and Martyr.].
     The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

protomartyr, n. the first martyr in any cause, esp. the first Christian martyr St Stephen.


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