About The Word Oppressor
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Oppressor
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What's The Definition Of Oppressor?
[n] a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
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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.
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