Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for PRO'TO-MAR-TYR
PRO'TO-COL-ISTPRO'TO-PHYTE, or PRO'TO-ZO-A
PRO'TO-MAR-TYR, n. [Gr. πρωτος, first, and μαρτυρ, martyr.]
- The first martyr; a term applied to Stephen, the first Christian martyr.
- The first who suffers or is sacrificed in any cause. – Dryden.
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