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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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Word Origin & History

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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