how to pronounce martyr

/ˈmɑː.təɹ/

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martyr is pronounced in two syllables

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An example use of martyr in a speech by a native speaker of british english:

“… that of a political martyr caught on the …”

meaning of martyr

Martyr means someone who dies for a cause or belief.

martyr frequency in english - C2 level of CEFR

the word martyr occurs in english on average 2.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics martyr can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that martyr can be often used in the following areas:

1) people, society, and culture;