warmonger

[wawr-mong-ger, -muhng-]

noun

1. a person who advocates, endorses, or tries to precipitate war.

warmonger

/ ˈwɔːˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. a person who fosters warlike ideas or advocates war

Other Word Forms

• warmongering noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warmonger¹

First recorded in 1580–90; war ¹ + monger

Example Sentences

But others, as well as teachers and education experts, warn that the indoctrination risks spawning a jingoistic, unquestioning generation that will perpetuate Russian warmongering.

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She accused the North Atlantic Treaty Organization of “warmongering” before the Ukraine war began.

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But if our crumbling democracy means anything, even insufferable warmongers deserve a fair shake.

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The film mutes the Black stranger’s grousing about inequality and the government’s warmongering because Forrest, in military dress, must save Jenny from the dirty hippie.

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When I ask Archpriest Father John Whiteford about Russia's top cleric, who many see as a warmonger, he assures me the Patriarch's words have been distorted.

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