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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

[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.

Shakespeare

To relieve the oppressed and to punish the

oppressor

Swift.

Noun.

One that oppresses; one that imposes unjust burdens on others; one that harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

Power when employed to relieve the oppressed and to punish the oppressor, becomes a great blessing.