avenger

[ uh-ven-jer ]

/ əˈvɛn dʒər /

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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.

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Origin of avenger

Crystal is a onetime member of the Avengers, and in various storylines is also married to Quicksilver.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Eventually, the Avengers team up with Thanos to do battle with the Magus.
Inside Marvel’s Phase 3: How ‘The Avengers’ Cross Paths with Black Panther and the New Superheroes|Marlow Stern|October 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The Avengers, despite its overall gross, only earned back 690 percent of its total budget.
Marvel and DC Plan 20 Movies for the Next Six Years: Will the Comic Book Movie Bubble Burst?|Rich Goldstein|October 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
There are a lot more scenes of the entire Avengers gang together—both in and out of the cape, so to speak.
Jeremy Renner Opens Up About Marriage, His Problems with the Media, and the Future of Hawk-Eye|Marlow Stern|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST

For me, I signed on to The Avengers 1-3 and then Hawk-Eye, in case they want to do a Hawk-Eye spin-off.
Jeremy Renner Opens Up About Marriage, His Problems with the Media, and the Future of Hawk-Eye|Marlow Stern|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Later, at that very spot the second Balafre fell beneath the daggers of the avengers of the Crown.
Catherine de' Medici|Honore de Balzac
They were avengers, and their path through that proud State was marked by fire and desolation.
The Boys of '61|Charles Carleton Coffin.
She prepared a powerful fleet, designing to take the command, and sail to the assistance of Csar's avengers.
Female Warriors, Vol. I (of 2)|Ellen C. Clayton
The colonel had to stand a sort of military trial for his offence before the avengers could be appeased.
Thirty Years in Australia|Ada Cambridge
His vassals, however, showed themselves determined to support him in his struggle against the avengers of the duke of Orleans.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 15, Slice 4|Various