warrior

[ wawr-ee-er, wawr-yer, wor-ee-er, wor-yer ]

/ ˈwɔr i ər, ˈwɔr yər, ˈwɒr i ər, ˈwɒr yər /

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noun

a person engaged or experienced in warfare; soldier.

a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.

Nearby words

warrener, warrensburg, warrensville heights, warrigal, warrington, warrior, warrior gene, warrty., wars of the roses, warsaw, warsaw convention

Origin of warrior

1250–1300; Middle English werreieor < Old North French, equivalent to werrei(er) to war¹ + -eor -or²

Related forms

war·ri·or·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for warrior

But the proud stone lion that once stood atop the tomb, as Peristeri has often maintained, suggests a male occupant and a warrior.
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Partly this is tradition as old as the history of warrior Islam.
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Gus Connolly, a broad middle-aged man with a thick red beard, was working at the Games dressed as a fearsome Scottish warrior.
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Born in 1829 near the Gila River in what is now Arizona, the legendary Indian warrior Geronimo was a Chiracahua Apache.
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"It is in my mind that you have been a lazy cub," the warrior pronounced deliberate sentence, as he set down his goblet.
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No, the Big Buffalo is a warrior and a chief; he is not a woman.
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Now was the chance for the heroic Chand Moorut; and that warrior was never known to let an opportunity slip.
The Eagle Cliff|R.M. Ballantyne
My belief is, I could follow my husband still on a campaign, if he were a warrior instead of a pensioner.'
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The warrior has obeyed; my mother must not be angry with him.
The Queen of the Savannah|Gustave Aimard

British Dictionary definitions for warrior

warrior

/ (ˈwɒrɪə) /

noun

a person engaged in, experienced in, or devoted to war
(as modifier)a warrior nation

Word Origin for warrior

C13: from Old Northern French werreieor, from werre war

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