Protomartyr

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of the first Christian martyrs.

Etymology

From Middle English prothomartir, prothomartyr, from Middle French prothomartir and Medieval Latin prōtomartyr, from Koine Greek πρωτομάρτυς (prōtomártus). By surface analysis, proto- + martyr.

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