self-sacrificer

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self-sacrificer

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From self- + sacrificer or self-sacrifice + -er.

noun self-sacrificers

  1. A person who offers himself or herself as a sacrifice (as a religious act, for example). […] they even willingly forfeit all the rest, and turn as it were Martyrs and Self-sacrificers to but so faint a Shadow or scant Resemblance of the first uncreated Perfection […]
  2. A person who is self-sacrificing, who sacrifices their own benefit for the good of another or others. 1856, Amelia M. Murray, Letters from the United States, Cuba and Canada, New York: Putnam, Letter 23, pp. 281-282, Northern clergymen in Florida, Scotch ministers in the North, and bishops with dioceses each as large as all England; men devoted to religion, charity, and learning—self-sacrificers, fe

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@misc{self_sacrificer_2026,
  title = {self-sacrificer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/self-sacrificer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}