"persecutor" meaning in English

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          "roman": "progónuvač",
          "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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          "word": "прого́нувач"
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          "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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          "word": "прого́нител"
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          "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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          "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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