warrior

See also: Warrior

English

Alternative forms

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.

Pronunciation
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ˈwɔɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɒɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/
  • (NYC) IPA(key): /ˈwɑɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Hyphenation: war‧ri‧or
  • Rhymes: -ɒɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

  1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
    • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
      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. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

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