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

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.

From Salon

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.

From BBC

Kilmer originally didn't want to appear in the film, saying he throught the script was silly and he disliked its warmongering.

From BBC

That led to a wave of state initiatives in 1982, which effectively shut down the warmongering.

From Salon

A former Bernie Sanders Democrat, she now says the Democratic Party is controlled by “an elitist cabal of warmongers” that includes “rogue intelligence and law enforcement agents.”

From Los Angeles Times