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war⋅mon⋅ger

  [wawr-muhng-ger, -mong-]
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–noun
a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.
Origin:
1580–90; war 1 + monger
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war·mon·ger   (wôr'mŭng'gər, -mŏng'-)   
n.  One who advocates or attempts to stir up war.
war'mon'ger·ing adj. & n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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Warmonger

War"mon`ger\, n. One who makes ar a trade or business; a mercenary. [R.] --Spenser.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : warmonger
Spanish: belicista,
German: der, *die Kriegshetzer(in),
Japanese: 戦争挑発者
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warmonger  (n.)
1590, from war (n.) + monger. First attested in Spenser's "Faerie Queene," and perhaps coined by him.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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