Library / English Dictionary

OPPRESSOR

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("oppressor" is a kind of...):

disagreeable person; unpleasant person (a person who is not pleasant or agreeable)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "oppressor"):

authoritarian; dictator (a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner)

meanie; meany; unkind person (a person of mean disposition)

switcher; whipper (a person who administers punishment by wielding a switch or whip)

persecutor; tormenter; tormentor (someone who torments)

torturer (someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion))

Derivation:

oppress (come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority)

oppress (cause to suffer)

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