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OPPRESSOR
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Dictionary entry overview: What does oppressor mean?
• OPPRESSOR (noun)
The noun OPPRESSOR has 1 sense:
1. a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
Familiarity information: OPPRESSOR used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Hypernyms ("oppressor" is a kind of...):
disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oppressor"):
authoritarian; dictator (a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner)
meanie; meany; unkind person (a person of mean disposition)
switcher; whipper (a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip)
persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)
torturer (someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion))
Derivation:
oppress (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority)
oppress (cause to suffer)
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