{"def":{"short":"a witness (literally (judicially) or figuratively (genitive case)); by analogy, a \"martyr\"","long":["a witness",["in a legal sense","an historical sense",["one who is a spectator of anything, e.g., of a contest"],"in an ethical sense",["those who after his example have proved the strength and genuineness of their faith in Christ by undergoing a violent death"]]]},"deriv":"of uncertain affinity","pronun":{"ipa":"ˈmɑr.tys","ipa_mod":"ˈmɑr.tjus","sbl":"martys","dic":"MAHR-toos","dic_mod":"MAHR-tyoos"}}