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war·ri·or  (wôr-r, wr-)
n.
1. One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
2. One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict: neighborhood warriors fighting against developers.

[Middle English werreour, from Old North French werreieur, from werreier, to make war, from werre, war; see war.]

warrior
Noun
a person who is engaged in or experienced in war [Old French werreieor]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.warrior - someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul - a human being; "there was too much for one person to do"
brave - a North American Indian warrior
centurion - (ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers
Crusader - a warrior who engages in a holy war; "the Crusaders tried to recapture the Holy Land from the Muslims"
guerilla, guerrilla, irregular, insurgent - a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment
samurai - a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy

warrior
noun soldier, combatant, fighter, gladiator, champion, brave, trooper, military man, fighting man, man-at-arms
Translations

warrior [ˈwɔrɪəʳ] nguerrero/a
warrior [ˈwɔrɪəʳ] nguerrier/ière
warrior [ˈwɔrɪəʳ] nKrieger m
warrior [ˈwɔrɪəʳ] nguerriero/a

warrior war


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There were now but one warrior and two females left, and it seemed that it could be but a matter of seconds ere these, also, lay dead upon the scarlet sward.
And so he let the blacks pass with Fraulein Bertha Kircher in their midst, or at least until the last straggling warrior suggested to his mind the pleasures of black-baiting--an amusement and a sport in which he had grown ever more proficient since that long-gone day when Kulonga, the son of Mbonga, the chief, had cast his unfortunate spear at Kala, the ape-man's foster mother.
To the good warrior soundeth "thou shalt" pleasanter than "I will.
 
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