'Protomartyr' definitions:

Definition of 'Protomartyr'

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Protomartyr \Pro"to*mar`tyr\, n. [LL., fr. Gr. ?; ? first + ? martyr: cf. F. protomartyr. See Proto-, and Martyr.] The first martyr; the first who suffers, or is sacrificed, in any cause; -- applied esp. to Stephen, the first Christian martyr. [1913 Webster]