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oppressour

oppressour is the obsolete form of oppressor.

Meaning of oppressor

Noun

oppressor (plural oppressors)

  1. 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

Forms of oppressour

pluraloppressours

Questions about oppressour

What is oppressour the obsolete form of?
Oppressour is the obsolete form of oppressor.

Words near oppressour in the dictionary

  1. oppressively
  2. oppressiveness
  3. oppressivenesses
  4. oppressor
  5. oppressors
  6. oppressour
  7. oppressours
  8. oppressure
  9. oppressures
  10. opprest
  11. opprobria

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