warmonger
Americannoun
noun
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Origin of warmonger
Explanation
A warmonger is someone strongly pro-war. Warmongers favor war above all other options. Words with monger in them usually refer to people who sell or promote something, like how a fishmonger sells fish. A warmonger is someone who is constantly promoting war: they always want to invade or attack another country, and they're very loud and persistent. This word is usually an insult, because it suggests the person wants war regardless of the cost and even if it isn't the best option.
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World War I
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Example Sentences
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But Chinese authorities and state media have heaped bitter rhetoric against him, calling him a "troublemaker" and "warmonger".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Bismarck was a cacophony of contradictions: an autocrat who fostered democracy, a fierce Prussian who promoted German nationalism, an ultraconservative who courted socialists, a warmonger who mastered diplomacy.
From Washington Post • Jan. 7, 2022
Playing down his image as a warmonger, sources claim that in his new role he sees himself as an honest broker between agencies.
From Economist • Mar. 28, 2018
The older generation remembers Lord Amherst not as a genocidal warmonger, but as the inspiration for a beloved college fight song, written by a member of the class of 1906.
From New York Times • Aug. 4, 2016
He was describing the boardroom confrontation with the man who called him a warmonger.
From "Atonement" by Ian McEwan
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