Oppressor

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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           The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. --Shak.
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           To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor.
                                                    --Swift.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  oppressor
       n : a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  34 Moby Thesaurus words for "oppressor":
     Simon Legree, absolute monarch, absolute ruler, all-powerful ruler,
     arrogator, autarch, autocrat, bully, caesar, commissar, czar,
     despot, dictator, disciplinarian, driver, duce, hard master,
     intimidator, iron hand, martinet, oligarch, overlord, persecutor,
     pharaoh, scourge, slave driver, stickler, strong man, taskmaster,
     tormentor, torturer, tyrant, usurper, warlord