Hypertext Webster Gateway: "oppressor"

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) 1.7 (wn)

oppressor
n : a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures


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