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: Tyndale, William Tyndale, Tindale, William Tindale, Tindal • Instance Hypernyms: interpreter, translator, martyr, sufferer