Meanings
nounpersecutor (plural persecutors)
plural persecutors · alternative persecutour · alternative persecuter
- A person or thing that persecutes or harasses.
Live a persecutor, likely die a persecutor.
Synonyms & antonyms
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinpersecūtor
- Old Frenchpersecutor
- Middle Englishpersecutour
- Englishpersecutor
From Middle English persecutour, from Old French persecutor and Latin persecūtor. Displaced native Old English ēhtere.
More words from Middle English, Old French, Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Finnish vainooja
- vainoojaa person or thing that persecutes
Polish prześladowca, prześladowczyni
- prześladowcaa person or thing that persecutes
- prześladowczynia person or thing that persecutes
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APA
persecutor. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persecutor
MLA
“persecutor.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persecutor. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “persecutor,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/persecutor.
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