TINDALE

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• TINDALE (noun)
  The noun TINDALE has 1 sense:

1. English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)

  Familiarity information: TINDALE used as a noun is very rare.

• TINDALE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

Tindal; Tindale; Tyndale; William Tindal; William Tindale; William Tyndale

Instance hypernyms:

interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)

martyr; sufferer (one who suffers for the sake of principle)