Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
- noun One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soldier; a man engaged in warfare; specifically, one devoted to a military life; in an especially honorable sense, a brave or veteran soldier.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Oxypogon. Also called
helmet-crest .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
- noun (Zoöl.) a reddish ant (
Formica sanguinea ) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is actively engaged in
battle ,conflict orwarfare ; asoldier orcombatant . - noun figuratively A person who is
aggressively ,courageously , orenergetically involved in an activity, such asathletics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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III. iv.151 (463,2) (unhandsome warrior as I am)] [W: wrangler] _Unhandsome warrior_, is evidently _unfair assailant_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
P.J. Dermer: Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran P.J. Dermer 2012
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
P.J. Dermer: Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran P.J. Dermer 2012
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The word warrior makes it sound like this would be a scary pose, but it is actually a pose about harmony., poise, power, trust, and balance.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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The word warrior makes it sound like this would be a scary pose, but it is actually a pose about harmony., poise, power, trust, and balance.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com P.J. Dermer 2012
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(Limited) begins, the title warrior sits facing the corner in a schoolroom cluttered with toys.
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Oriental spear had, and still has, a spike at the lower extremity, intended for the purpose of sticking the spear into the ground when the warrior is at rest.
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"In every society in history, the warrior is glorified," said phony-hero debunker B.G. "Jug" Burkett of Plano, Texas.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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"In every society in history, the warrior is glorified," said phony-hero debunker B.G. "Jug" Burkett of Plano, Texas.
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