English noun: Tyndale | |||
1. | Tyndale (person) English translator and Protestant martyr; his translation of the Bible into English (which later formed the basis for the King James Version) aroused ecclesiastical opposition; he left England in 1524 and was burned at the stake in Antwerp as a heretic (1494-1536) | ||
Synonyms | Tindal, Tindale, William Tindal, William Tindale, William Tyndale | ||
Instance hypernym | interpreter, martyr, sufferer, translator | ||