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oppressor


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Oppressor  \Op*press"or\,  n.  [L.] 
  One  who  oppresses;  one  who  imposes  unjust  burdens  on  others 
  one  who  harasses  others  with  unjust  laws  or  unreasonable 
  severity. 
 
  The  orphan  pines  while  the  oppressor  feeds.  --Shak. 
 
  To  relieve  the  oppressed  and  to  punish  the  oppressor. 
  --Swift. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  oppressor 
  n  :  a  person  of  authority  who  subjects  others  to  undue  pressures 




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