avenger

[ uh-ven-jer ]

noun

1. 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.

2. a person who takes revenge on behalf of someone else:

   In the film, Zorro sees himself as the avenger of the innocent.

Word History and Origins

Origin of avenger¹

aveng(e) ( def ) + -er ¹( def )

Example Sentences

Duncan’s great-grandmother, Lucy Moore, was just 6 when U.S. soldiers and self-appointed avengers besieged her and other villagers.

From Los Angeles Times

Sawai was magnificent for the way she deftly handled her character’s many facets — vassal, translator, warrior, lover, avenger.

From Los Angeles Times

Participants could choose from five tattoos he sported in that 1991 drama, including a panther and the phrase “Time the avenger.”

From New York Times

Authorities portrayed the suspect as a lone-wolf drug user and former butcher with a criminal record who believed himself to be “an avenger of God,” according to official statements and media accounts.

From Los Angeles Times

Furiosa’s reticence is strategic, as well as a trait she shares with Mad Max himself, the model for her taciturn avenger.

From New York Times