oppresseur

Definitions of oppresseur
  1. noun
    a person of authority who subjects others to undue pressures
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    dictateur
    a person who behaves in a tyrannical manner
    bourreau, persécuteur
    someone who torments
    tortionnaire
    someone who inflicts severe physical pain (usually for punishment or coercion)
    peste
    a persistently annoying person
    taquin
    someone who tantalizes; a tormentor who offers something desirable but keeps it just out of reach
    type of:
    personne déplaisante, personne désagréable
    a person who is not pleasant or agreeable
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