(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:36:15

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.

The orphan pines while the oppressor feeds. Shak.

To relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor. Swift.

 

© Webster 1913.

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