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warrior - 4 dictionary results

war⋅ri⋅or

[wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer]
–noun
1. a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
2. a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.

Origin:
1250–1300; ME werreieor < ONF, equiv. to werrei(er) to war 1 + -eor -or 2


war⋅ri⋅or⋅like, adjective
war·ri·or   (wôr'ē-ər, wŏr'-)   
n.  
  1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
  2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict: neighborhood warriors fighting against developers.

[Middle English werreour, from Old North French werreieur, from werreier, to make war, from werre, war; see war.]

Warrior

War"rior\ (?; 277), n. [OE. werreour, OF. werreour, guerreor, from guerre, werre, war. See War, and Warray.] A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.

Warriors old with ordered spear and shield. --Milton.

Warrior ant (Zo["o]l.), a reddish ant (Formica sanguinea) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.
Language Translation for : warrior
Spanish: guerrero,
German: der Krieger, Krieger-…,
Japanese: 戦士

warrior 
1297, from O.N.Fr. werreieor (O.Fr. guerreor) "a warrior, one who wages war," from werreier "wage war," from werre (see war).
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