warmonger

American  

[wawr-mong-ger, -muhng-] / ˈwɔrˌmɒŋ gər, -ˌmʌŋ- /

noun

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

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warmonger British  

/ ˈwɔːˌmʌŋɡə /

noun

1. a person who fosters warlike ideas or advocates war

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Other Word Forms

• warmongering noun

Etymology

Origin of warmonger

First recorded in 1580–90; war ¹ + monger

Example Sentences

He added, “Understandably, this vision is not shared by the failed warmongers, political losers and career bureaucratic hacks — many of whom he fired or defeated — who have created all of America’s problems.”

From New York Times

Vladlen Tatarsky, a convicted criminal turned popular pro-Russian blogger who published warmongering diatribes, was promoting his upcoming book to a gathering of his fans at a hip burger joint in St. Petersburg.

From Washington Post

In another, he elaborated, “We need to clean house of all of the warmongers and America-Last globalists in the deep state, the Pentagon, the State Department and the national security industrial complex.”

From Washington Post

The Vietnam warmongers knew they were losing and may already have sensed that their infamy would echo through history.

From Washington Post

“Those who let the warmonger Russia use international competitions for its propaganda are damaging the Olympic idea of peace and international understanding,” Faeser said, echoing comments from other Ukrainian allies including Poland.

From Seattle Times