avengers

a-ven-gers · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of avenger; people who take vengeance or inflict retribution for wrongs.

  2. 2.

    (Popular culture) A team of superheroes in Marvel comics and films.

Related words

See also: avenge, avenger, revenge
Synonyms: retaliators, vindicators

Etymology

From "avenge" + the agent suffix "-er." The word "avenge" comes from Old French avengier.