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aggressor

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ag·gres·sor

   [uh-gres-er]
noun
a person, group, or nation that attacks first or initiates hostilities; an assailant or invader.
Origin:
1670–80; < Late Latin, Latin aggred- (stem of aggredī to attack; see aggress) + -tor -tor
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aggression (əˈɡrɛʃən)
 
—n
1.  an attack or harmful action, esp an unprovoked attack by one country against another
2.  any offensive activity, practice, etc: an aggression against personal liberty
3.  psychol a hostile or destructive mental attitude or behaviour
 
[C17: from Latin aggression-, from aggrēdi to attack]
 
aggressor
 
—n

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aggressor
1670s, from L. aggressor, agent noun from aggredi (see aggression).
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