sacrificer

American  

[sak-ruh-fahys-er] / ˈsæk rəˌfaɪs ər /

noun

plural

sacrificers

1. a person, such as a worshiper or priest, who offers a religious sacrifice.

2. someone who gives up personal desires, time, or other resource, for the good of others or to achieve a goal.

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Other Word Forms

• self-sacrificer noun

Example Sentences

A posting on Facebook showed five masked men posing with assault rifles in front of a sign in Arabic naming them as “our sacrificers” in the “killing and maiming of mercenaries” at the military hospital.

From Washington Post

Mama doesn’t mean “I love you, sweet angel-woman, sacrificer of sleep, career, and buttock firmness.”

From Salon

And so he makes do with setting the ultimate evil against heroic sacrificers; fearless fighters; beautiful, living saints.

From The Guardian

And it is also probable that certain persons combined in their own individuality the functions of magician and sacrificer as well as soothsayer.

From Project Gutenberg

Let the sacrificer first repeat the name of Kali thrice, Hail, Kali!

From Project Gutenberg