oppressor
oppressor noun: someone who oppresses another or others.
Noun
oppressor (plural oppressors)
- 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...1859, Charles Dickens, The Haunted House
- All members of society are hurt by the dynamic of oppressor versus oppressed (McIntosh, 1988).2006, Lisa V. Blitz, Mary Pender Greene, Racism and Racial Identity
oppressor meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
oppressor in Tamil
- ஒடுக்குவோர், கொடியோன்
oppressor in Marathi
- oppressor, tormentor
- अत्याचारी atyācārī
oppressor in Urdu
- oppressor, unjust, dictator, tyrannical, wrongdoer
- ظالم zālim
- oppressor
- برا burā
oppressor in Bengali
- oppressor; persecutor; annoyer
- জালেম jalem, জুলুমকারী julumkari
- oppressor; annoyer
- অত্যাচারী ottacari
More languagesFewer languages
- oppressor in Malayalam
- ഉപദ്രവി, സാഹസികൻ, ഞെരുക്കുന്നവൻ
- oppressor in Punjabi
- ਜਾਬਰ jābar, ਜ਼ਾਲਮ zālam
- oppressor in Arabic
- ظَالِم ẓālim
Forms of oppressor
| plural | oppressors |
|---|---|
| alternative form | oppressour |
Origin of oppressor
From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or.
Words formed from oppressor
Questions about oppressor
- What does oppressor mean?
- Oppressor means someone who oppresses another or others.
- What is oppressor in Tamil?
- Oppressor in Tamil is ஒடுக்குவோர், கொடியோன். See Oppressor meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is oppressor?
- Oppressor is a noun.
- What is the plural of oppressor?
- The plural of oppressor is oppressors.
Words near oppressor in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: oppressor (page history and authors); oppressor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); अत्याचारी (Marathi) (page history and authors); برا (Urdu) (page history and authors); অত্যাচারী (Bengali) (page history and authors); oppressor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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