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Warrior

//ˈwɒɹiə// name, noun

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Noun
  1. 1
    A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.

    "Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft."

  2. 2
    someone engaged in or experienced in warfare wordnet
  3. 3
    A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics. figuratively

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa and many others.

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