warmonger

[ wawr-mong-ger, -muhng- ]
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noun
  1. a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.

Origin of warmonger

1
First recorded in 1580–90; war1 + monger

Words Nearby warmonger

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How to use warmonger in a sentence

  • A warmonger, worse than any of his predecessors because he knew just what to sell and how to sell it.

    The K-Factor | Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)

British Dictionary definitions for warmonger

warmonger

/ (ˈwɔːˌmʌŋɡə) /


noun
  1. a person who fosters warlike ideas or advocates war

Derived forms of warmonger

  • warmongering, noun

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