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protomartyr |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Protomartyr \Pro"to*mar`tyr\, n. [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.
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