Oppressors
[ə'presəs]
Examples
- I grant that this Liberia may have subserved all sorts of purposes, by being played off, in the hands of our oppressors, against us. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- We are the more _obvious_ oppressors of the negro; but the unchristian prejudice of the north is an oppressor almost equally severe. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- I came out, my morals unimproved, my hatred to my oppressors encreased tenfold. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- My dear cousin, you may as well understand, once for all, that we masters are divided into two classes, oppressors and oppressed. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- For other crimes as tyrants and oppressors, I have this race a long time on my register, doomed to destruction and extermination. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
Editor: Murdoch