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persecutor

persecutor noun: a person or thing that persecutes or harasses.

Noun

persecutor (plural persecutors)

  1. A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
    • Live a persecutor, likely die a persecutor.

persecutor meaning in Tamil and Kannada

persecutor in Tamil

இன்னான், துன்புறுத்தி

persecutor in Kannada

ಪೀಡಕ, ಹಿಂಸಕ, ಉಪದ್ರವಕಾರಿ, ಚಿತಾವಣೆಗಾರ

Forms of persecutor

pluralpersecutors
alternative formpersecutour
alternative formpersecuter

Origin of persecutor

From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.

Words formed from persecutor

Questions about persecutor

What does persecutor mean?
Persecutor means a person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
What is persecutor in Tamil?
Persecutor in Tamil is இன்னான், துன்புறுத்தி. See Persecutor meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is persecutor?
Persecutor is a noun.
What is the plural of persecutor?
The plural of persecutor is persecutors.

Words near persecutor in the dictionary

  1. persecution complex
  2. persecution complexes
  3. persecutional
  4. persecutions
  5. persecutive
  6. persecutor
  7. persecutorial
  8. persecutorily
  9. persecutors
  10. persecutory
  11. persecutour

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: persecutor (page history and authors); persecutor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); persecutor (Kannada 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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