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WILLIAM TINDAL
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536)
Synonyms:
Tindal; Tindale; Tyndale; William Tindal; William Tindale; William Tyndale
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Instance hypernyms:
interpreter; translator (someone who mediates between speakers of different languages)
martyr; sufferer (one who suffers for the sake of principle)