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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[LL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] first + [GREEK] martyr: cf. F.

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The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; – applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.

Noun.

[Gr. first, and martyr.]

The first martyr; a term applied to Stephen, the first christian martyr.

The first who suffers or is sacrificed in any cause.

protomartyr ‎(plural protomartyrs)

any of the first Christian martyrs