The word 'persecutor' is correct and usable in written English.
It is a noun that refers to someone who harasses, oppresses, or mistreats others, especially because of their race, religion, or beliefs. You can use 'persecutor' in a sentence when discussing or describing an individual or group that is actively causing harm or injustice to others. For example: - The religious minority in the country faced constant threats and harassment from their persecutors. - The civil rights leader bravely stood up against their persecutors and fought for equality and justice. - The dictator was known for being a ruthless persecutor, silencing any opposition and quashing dissent.
Victorian society was appalled and Rae was denounced, with his chief persecutor, Charles Dickens, claiming that Rae had no right to believe "a race of savages".
Mr Clinton (who, with his wife, thinks of Mr Starr as a vicious persecutor) doubtless considers that his activities in Arkansas have no bearing on the presidency, and ought to be left alone.
But Mr Spitzer, who was elected on a mandate to shake up Albany, is in danger of becoming a persecutor rather than a leader, according to Doug Muzzio, a professor of politics at Baruch College.
It has taken the commission until this year to get round to looking at religious freedom in Iraq; and it has not yet looked at Israel (not a leading persecutor, to be sure, but Christians and Muslims moan about things such as security barriers making it hard to visit holy places).Similarly, in its battle for hearts and minds, America has made scant use of its own Muslim population.
A survey of victims in 2001 found that 37% of those who suffered serious injury knew their persecutor to have a criminal record.In this section The battleground On the trail Last rights Have you stopped beating your wife?
Although a faithful believer, Muḥammad was not very well informed in matters of religious orthodoxy and therefore took as an adviser the Moroccan reformer al-Maghīlī, persecutor of the Jews of Touat, to help him put his realm in order, in particular to recover the possessions belonging to the descendants of the defeated Sonnis and to subservient groups not converted to Islam.
313 Tarsus, Turkey Galerius Valerius Maximinus, original name Daia (died 313, Tarsus, Cilicia) Roman emperor from 310 to 313 and a persistent persecutor of the Christians.
Written about 167 bce, it foretold the coming of a final persecutor who would "speak great words against the most High and wear out the saints of the most High, and think to change times and laws" (7:25).
Such beliefs were attached in particular to the "antipapal" emperor Frederick II (reigned 1212 50) and to a persecutor of ecclesiastical dissidents, Pope John XXII (reigned 1316 34).
Heinrich Julius was an autocrat by conviction and a persecutor of Jews and witches.
Although long viewed by Christians as a persecutor of their religion, Maximian seems to have done no more than obediently execute in his part of the empire the first edict of Diocletian, which ordered the burning of the Scriptures and the closing of the churches.
