Word: martyred
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: mar
tyred
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of martyr; kill as a martyr
Morphemes:
Affix: martyr
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To make someone into a martyr by putting him or her to death for adhering to, or acting in accordance with, some belief, especially religious; to sacrifice on account of faith or profession.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.