oppressor
Someone who oppresses another or others.
Noun
- Someone who oppresses another or others.
- And in respect of the great necessity there is, my darling, for more employments being within the reach of Woman than our civilisation has as yet assigned to her, don’t fly at the unfortunate men, even those men who are...
- All members of society are hurt by the dynamic of oppressor versus oppressed (McIntosh, 1988). - 2006, Lisa V. Blitz, Mary Pender Greene, Racism and Racial Identity:
Origin
From Middle English oppressour, from Old French opressor and Latin oppressor; equivalent to oppress + -or.