Martyr

:Apart from the religious meaning, Martyr is also a metal band (see Martyr (band)).

Martyrdom today

The term has since been used metaphorically for people killed in a historical struggle for some cause, or those whose deaths served to galvanize a particular movement. In this sense, for example, Martin Luther King Jr. can be regarded as a "civil rights martyr", but this designation is open to dispute as the motive for his assassination is hardly ascertainable.

Related Topics:
Metaphor - Historical - Martin Luther King Jr.

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Other examples include (some disputed):

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• John Brown
• Che Guevara
• Patrice Lumumba
• Harvey Milk

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