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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