belligerent
Plural: belligerents
Noun
- someone who fights (or is fighting)
- A state or other armed participant in warfare
Adjective Satellite
- characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight
- "a belligerent tone"
- engaged in war
- "belligerent (or warring) nations"
Adj
- Engaged in warfare, warring.
- Eager to go to war, warlike.
- Of or pertaining to war.
- Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
- Acting violently towards others.
- Uncooperative.
Examples
- The UN sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.
Origin / Etymology
From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).
Synonyms
aggressive, battler, combatant, fighter, militant, scrapper, war-ridden, warring, antagonistic, bellicose, combative, contentious, pugnacious, quarrelsome, truculent
Scrabble Score: 14
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