"avenger" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /əˈvɛndʒə(ɹ)/ Audio: en-us-avenger.ogg Forms: avengers [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English avengere; equivalent to avenge + -er. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|avengere}} Middle English avengere, {{affix|en|avenge|-er|id2=agent noun}} avenge + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} avenger (plural avengers)
  1. One who avenges or vindicates. Categories (topical): People, Stock characters Translations (one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood): ἀλοίτης (aloítēs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), ἐκδικητής (ekdikētḗs) [masculine] (Ancient Greek), intiqamçı (Azerbaijani), qisasçı (Azerbaijani), əvəzçi (Azerbaijani), отмъстител (otmǎstitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 復仇者 (Chinese Mandarin), 复仇者 (fùchóuzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), mstitel [masculine] (Czech), wreker (Dutch), venĝanto (Esperanto), venĝantino (Esperanto), kättemaksja (Estonian), kostaja (Finnish), vengeur [masculine] (French), vengeresse [feminine] (French), Rächer [masculine] (German), Rächerin [feminine] (German), εκδικητής (ekdikitís) [masculine] (Greek), εκδικήτρια (ekdikítria) [feminine] (Greek), 復讐者 (fukushūsha) (alt: ふくしゅうしゃ) (Japanese), кек алушы (kek aluşy) (Kazakh), ultor [masculine] (Latin), ultrix [feminine] (Latin), о́дмаздник (ódmazdnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kairānaki (Maori), mściciel [masculine] (Polish), mścicielka [feminine] (Polish), vingador (Portuguese), мсти́тель (mstítelʹ) [masculine] (Russian), мсти́тельница (mstítelʹnica) [feminine] (Russian), о̀светнӣк [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), осветница [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), òsvetnīk [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), osvetnica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), vengador [masculine] (Spanish), vengadora [feminine] (Spanish), trintavine [feminine] (Sudovian), hämnare [common-gender] (Swedish), ме́сник (mésnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ме́сниця (mésnycja) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. One who takes vengeance. Categories (topical): People Translations (one who takes vengeance): отмъстител (otmǎstitel) [masculine] (Bulgarian), kostaja (Finnish), ἀλοίτης (aloítēs) [Ancient, masculine] (Finnish), ultor [masculine] (Latin), ultrix [feminine] (Latin), о́дмаздник (ódmazdnik) [masculine] (Macedonian), kairānaki (Maori), hämnare [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-avenger-en-noun-pPP~YmKm Disambiguation of People: 49 51 Disambiguation of 'one who takes vengeance': 12 88
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avengeress, blood avenger Related terms: revenger, venger

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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          "alt": "ふくしゅうしゃ",
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          "roman": "ódmazdnik",
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          "roman": "mstítelʹ",
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          "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
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          "word": "kostaja"
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          "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
          "word": "kairānaki"
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          "_dis1": "12 88",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "intiqamçı"
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "復仇者"
    },
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      "roman": "fùchóuzhě",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "复仇者"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mstitel"
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "wreker"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "venĝanto"
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      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "venĝantino"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "kättemaksja"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "kostaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vengeur"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vengeresse"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Rächer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Rächerin"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "εκδικητής"
    },
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      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ekdikítria",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "εκδικήτρια"
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      "roman": "aloítēs",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
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      "alt": "ふくしゅうしゃ",
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      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "復讐者"
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "kek aluşy",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "кек алушы"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "ultor"
    },
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      "code": "la",
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      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
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      "word": "ultrix"
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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódmazdnik",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́дмаздник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "kairānaki"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mściciel"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "mścicielka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "word": "vingador"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mstítelʹ",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "мсти́тель"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "mstítelʹnica",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "мсти́тельница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о̀светнӣк"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "осветница"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "òsvetnīk"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "osvetnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vengador"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vengadora"
    },
    {
      "code": "xsv",
      "lang": "Sudovian",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "trintavine"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hämnare"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mésnyk",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́сник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "mésnycja",
      "sense": "one who avenges or vindicates; as, an avenger of blood",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ме́сниця"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "otmǎstitel",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "отмъстител"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "word": "kostaja"
    },
    {
      "code": "grc",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "roman": "aloítēs",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ἀλοίτης"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ultor"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ultrix"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "ódmazdnik",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "о́дмаздник"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "word": "kairānaki"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who takes vengeance",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "hämnare"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avenger"
}

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