warrior
a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.
a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.
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1Other words from warrior
- war·ri·or·like, adjective
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Anyone who believes that life is a battlefield full of individual warriors should go out into the meadows on a spring night.
What the Meadow Teaches Us - Issue 90: Something Green | Andreas Weber | September 16, 2020 | NautilusLee herself has found skeletons of possible warrior women in ancient Mongolia, a nation just north of China.
Women like Mulan didn’t need to go to war in disguise | Bethany Brookshire | September 4, 2020 | Science News For StudentsThis remains true if the one in green is a warrior or a lord.
Can you expose the truth in these two riddles? | Claire Maldarelli | August 26, 2020 | Popular-ScienceArchaeology has uncovered evidence that in ancient societies, women could be warriors.
Skeletons show signs that some women in these communities were warriors.
Skeletons hint that ancient societies had women warriors | Bruce Bower | May 28, 2020 | Science News For Students
But the proud stone lion that once stood atop the tomb, as Peristeri has often maintained, suggests a male occupant and a warrior.
Is This Alexander the Great’s Tomb—or His Wife’s? | James Romm | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAlong the way, she discovers the fearless warrior that her mother knew was inside her all along.
Exclusive: The Making of Reese Witherspoon’s Golden Globe-Nominated ‘Wild’ | Marlow Stern | December 12, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTInhofe is not just a climate-change denier; he is a warrior for corporate-funded half-truths and outright lies.
If You Think D.C. Is Awful Now, Wait Until Wednesday | Jonathan Alter | November 4, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPartly this is tradition as old as the history of warrior Islam.
The Secret Life of an ISIS Warlord | Will Cathcart, Vazha Tavberidze, Nino Burchuladze | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTFor its part, the Wounded warrior Project dismisses much of the criticism.
He was a distinguished warrior under Francis I, mortally wounded at the battle of Marignan.
The Every Day Book of History and Chronology | Joel MunsellBut in the end his health gave way, and the Emperor himself wrote to Prince Eugne telling him to send the old warrior home.
Napoleon's Marshals | R. P. Dunn-PattisonIts pages are filled with the purple gowns of kings and the scarlet trappings of the warrior.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockNicholson and John Lawrence were there; could they hold those warrior-tribes in subjection, or, better still, in leash?
The Red Year | Louis TracyThe death of Harcla, the keenest and ablest warrior in141 England, did not remove the difficulties from Edward's path.
King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
British Dictionary definitions for warrior
/ (ˈwɒrɪə) /
a person engaged in, experienced in, or devoted to war
(as modifier): a warrior nation
Origin of warrior
1Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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