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avenger

[ uh-ven-jer ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

a person who takes revenge for an offense:
They feel that by engaging in terrorism they become the avengers of a great wrong done to their people.
a person who takes revenge on behalf of someone else:
In the film, Zorro sees himself as the avenger of the innocent.

Origin of avenger¹

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