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# avenger

«avenger» in Mova's school dictionary: **A person who punishes someone for a wrong done to…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 2 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (avengers)

### meaning for a pupil

A person who punishes someone for a wrong done to themselves or to someone they love. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenger/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

in tales, a young hero or relative who comes to pay back a wrong.

### examples

- He was watching for the avenger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenger/#x1)
- The young avenger waited for his chance. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenger/#x2)
- The knight became the avenger of the village. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenger/#x3)

### note

nothing for maths

### In the corpora

- [The avenger of blood shall himself put the murderer to death; when he meeteth him, he shall put him to death.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1295/)
- [then the congregation shall judge between the smiter and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/torah/jps/NUM.1300/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «avenger» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/avenger/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.