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represor

repressor

noun rreh-preh-SOHR Rare
People & Society Politics

Origin: From Latin repressor ('one who restrains'), from reprimere.

Also means

oppressor

Usage Note

Represor is used primarily in political or historical contexts for an agent of state repression — a soldier, policeman, or official who suppresses dissent. In molecular biology it also refers to a repressor protein that blocks gene expression. The feminine is represora; the adjective represor/represora follows the same form.

Examples

"Los represores del régimen fueron juzgados décadas después."

Natural Translation

The regime's repressors were tried decades later.

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