"persecutor" meaning in English

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          "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
          "word": "vainooja"
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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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          "word": "Vefolja"
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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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      "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
      "word": "vainooja"
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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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      "word": "Vefolja"
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      "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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      "word": "prześladowca"
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      "sense": "a person or thing that persecutes",
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