Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PER'SE-CU-TOR
PER'SE-CU-TOR, n.
One that persecutes; one that pursues another unjustly and vexatiously, particularly on account of religious principles. Henry rejected the Pope's supremacy, but retained every corruption beside, and became a cruel persecutor. – Swift.
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