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warmonger

[wawr-muhng-ger, -mong-]

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noun

a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.

Origin:
1580–90; war¹ + monger

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warmonger (ˈwɔːˌmʌŋɡə)

—n
	a person who fosters warlike ideas or advocates war

'warmongering

—n

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Word Origin & History

warmonger

1590, from war (n.) + monger. First attested in Spenser's "Faerie Queene," and perhaps coined by him.

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