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

Derived Forms

• ˈwarˌmongering, noun

Word History and Origins

Origin of warmonger¹

First recorded in 1580–90; war ¹ + monger

Example Sentences

If you voted for the Iraq War—like Hillary Clinton—you were a warmonger.

From The Daily Beast

For Democrats, Graham is a warmonger who leads the charge for military intervention in places such as Syria, Egypt, and Libya.

From The Daily Beast

It takes a cataclysmic and frightening event for the warmonger wing of the party to win the day.

From The Daily Beast

Some of my Daily Beast colleagues regularly blast Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu as an eager warmonger.

From The Daily Beast

He is the insurgent-in-chief, waging ascetic, selfless combat against warmonger-criminals in the White House and the Pentagon.

From The Daily Beast

A warmonger, worse than any of his predecessors because he knew just what to sell and how to sell it.

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