1 definition found From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: Tyndale noun: 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) [syn: {William Tyndale}, {Tindale}, {William Tindale}, {Tindal}, {William Tindal}]

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