cold warrior

American  

noun

1. a person who advocates or participates in a cold war.

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cold warrior British  

noun

1. a person who engages in or promotes a cold war

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Example Sentences

He was a Reaganite Cold Warrior who had rejected the idea of the Soviet Union as a regrettable but permanent presence in the world.

From The Wall Street Journal

Two decades later, President Ronald Reagan — formerly a supreme Cold Warrior — stood next to Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and said: “We decided to talk to each other instead of about each other.”

From Salon

He was a Harvard graduate and self-defined “cold warrior” who served as a private and government consultant on Vietnam throughout the 1960s, risked his life on the battlefield, received the highest security clearances and came to be trusted by officials in Democratic and Republican administrations.

From Seattle Times

“Though Jimmy Carter’s presidency was bedeviled by problems beyond his control, he had a marvelous second act as a former president and humanitarian. This Annapolis grad was responsible for the durable Camp David Accords and was a better Cold Warrior than history has given him credit for,” said presidential historian Craig Shirley in a written statement shared with Inside the Beltway.

From Washington Times

A committed cold warrior, he wrote for The Wall Street Journal about military affairs.

From New York Times