oppressor
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oppressor
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From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or.
noun oppressors · oppressour
- Someone who oppresses another or others. And in respect of the great necessity there is, my darling, for more employments being within the reach of Woman than our civilisation has as yet assigned to her, don’t fly at the unfortunate men, even those men who are at first sight in your way, as if they were the natural oppressors of your sex [
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noun someone who oppresses others
| Español | opresor |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 圧制者 asseisha |
| 中文 | 壓迫者 /压迫者 yāpòzhě |
| Português | opressor |
| Français | oppresseur |
| Deutsch | Unterdrücker |
| Русский | угнета́тель ugnetátelʹ |
| العربية | ظَالِم ẓālim |
| עברית | עָרִיץ 'aríts, נוֹגֵשׂ nogés |
Talk about this word "oppressor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/oppressor. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. oppressor. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/oppressor "oppressor." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/oppressor.Cite this
@misc{oppressor_2026,
title = {oppressor},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/oppressor},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
