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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

/ ˈwɒrɪə /

noun

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

      a warrior nation



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Other Words From

  • warri·or·like 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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Example Sentences

But the proud stone lion that once stood atop the tomb, as Peristeri has often maintained, suggests a male occupant and a warrior.

Along the way, she discovers the fearless warrior that her mother knew was inside her all along.

Inhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.

Partly this is tradition as old as the history of warrior Islam.

For its part, the Wounded Warrior Project dismisses much of the criticism.

He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.

But in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.

Its pages are filled with the purple gowns of kings and the scarlet trappings of the warrior.

Nicholson and John Lawrence were there; could they hold those warrior-tribes in subjection, or, better still, in leash?

The death of Harcla, the keenest and ablest warrior in141 England, did not remove the difficulties from Edward's path.

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