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berserker

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ber·serk·er  (br-sûrkr, -zûr-)
n.
One of a band of ancient Norse warriors legendary for their savagery and reckless frenzy in battle.
[Old Norse berserkr : *bera, feminine of björn, bear; see bher-2 in Indo-European roots + serkr, shirt.]
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Noun1.berserker - one of the ancient Norse warriors legendary for working themselves into a frenzy before a battle and fighting with reckless savagery and insane fury
berserk
Norse, Northman, Scandinavian - an inhabitant of Scandinavia


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He was still the old Roman in inflexibility of purpose; but grafted on to the Roman was a new Berserker fury.
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