Definitions for oppressor
op·pres·sor

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. oppressornoun

   a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

WiktionaryRate this definition:4.5 / 2 votes

1. oppressornoun

   Someone who oppresses another or others.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Oppressornoun

   One who harrasses others with unreasonable or unjust severity.

   Etymology: oppresseur, Fr. from oppress.

   I from oppressors did the poor defend,
   The fatherless, and such as had no friend. George Sandys.

   The cries of orphans, and th’ opressor ’s rage,
   Had reach’d the stars. Dryden.

   Power when employed to relieve the oppressed, and to punish the oppressor, becomes a great blessing. Jonathan Swift.

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1. Oppressor

   Oppressor was a technical death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, which formed in 1991 and disbanded in 1999. They released three albums. Three of the band's members went on to form alternative metal band Soil.

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1. Oppressor

   Oppressor was a technical death metal band from Chicago, Illinois, which formed in 1991 and finished in 1999. They released three albums. Three of the band's members went on to form alternative metal band Soil.

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1. oppressor

   Song lyrics by oppressor -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by oppressor on the Lyrics.com website.

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1. • Unpleasant Person

Anagrams for oppressor »

1. proposers

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1. Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of oppressor in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of oppressor in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of oppressor in a Sentence

1. Ali Krieger:

   I refuse to respect a man that warrants no respect, i feel that staying silent at times can side with the oppressor and I didnt want her to feel like she was having to process this all alone, because a lot of us do have those similar feelings.

2. Albert Camus:

   Every revolutionary ends up either by becoming an oppressor or a heretic.

3. Lindsey Graham:

   Name one person who's been a bigger defender of the Iranian people to fight back against their oppressor.

4. Quisha King:

   They are reading the K-12 version of critical race theory, which is boiled down to this oppressor or oppressed talk… It is a dwindled down teaching of the theory. It is absolutely there, it’s not just in schools.

5. Benjamin Hooks:

   There are a lot of ways an oppressed people can rise. One way to rise is to study, to be smarter than your oppressor. The concept of rising against oppression through physical contact is stupid and self-defeating. It exalts brawn over brain. And the most enduring contributions made to civilization have not been made by brawn, they have been made by brain.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=oppressor
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Oppressor
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=oppressor
4. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oppressor
5. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=oppressor