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warrior

[ wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer ]

noun

  1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
  2. a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.


warrior

/ ˈɒɪə /

noun

    1. a person engaged in, experienced in, or devoted to war
    2. ( as modifier )

      a warrior nation

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ɲ۾·ǰ· adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of warrior1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English werreieor, from Old North French; equivalent to war 1 + -or 2
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Word History and Origins

Origin of warrior1

C13: from Old Northern French werreieor, from werre war
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That was the muscular foreign policy promoted by the cold warriors and neoconservatives.

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Nick Cage wrote: “Hopefulness is not a neutral position.... It is adversarial. It is the warrior emotion that can lay waste to cynicism.”

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Doctor Who boss Russell T Davies has hit back at criticisms that the show is too "woke", saying he has no time for complaints from "online warriors".

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"Please, before any kind of decisions, any kind of forms of negotiations, come to see people, civilians, warriors, hospitals, churches, children destroyed or dead," Zelensky said in an interview for CBS's 60 Minutes programme.

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And in that war, President Trump is distinctly a warrior first-class of a devastating sort.

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