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

   An oppressor is an individual or group that exercises authority, power, or control in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner. They abuse their power by causing hardship, suffering, or distress to others, usually to maintain their control or dominance, often contributing to the systematic disenfranchisement of certain groups.

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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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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. Malcolm X:

   Time is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. Truth is on the side of the oppressed today, it's against the oppressor. You don't need anything else.

2. 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.

3. Al Khatib:

   Nizar Banat is the one that speaks against the oppressor, and for the oppressed... They killed the hope in us. They killed Al Khatib after Al Khatib exposed their corruption.

4. Keke Palmer:

   At 26, I'm looking out and witnessing a physical revolt, and it's a revolt on a scale that I wasn't sure I'd ever see. To those that may not be looking close enough, all they will see is looting, or people who don't really care about the movement, or anarchy without a movement. But what I see is a society responding to the oppressor about how the oppressor has responded to us, racism is what the country was built on : Slavery, systematic oppression, then voter oppression, female oppression, poor education system so you're intentionally uninformed, financial oppression.

5. Nim Ralph:

   She is arguing against 1 % of the population, who she recognizes is being harmed and marginalized -- that is not a position of protecting your own rights [ as a woman ], that is becoming the oppressor, white women have always tried to control the definition of women and there is a legacy of black feminist and women of color who have fought against that singularity.

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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. ^ ChatGPT
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6. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=oppressor