a person taking part or experienced in conflict, esp. in battle
Origin of warrior
Middle English werreour from Norman French from werrier, to make war from werre, war
A modern warrior.
- An example of a warrior is a soldier.
- An example of a warrior is a person who is actively involved in stopping neighborhood drug problems; a neighborhood warrior.
The definition of a warrior is a person experienced in conflict or battle.
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warrior
noun
- One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
- One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict: neighborhood warriors fighting against developers.
Origin of warrior
Middle English werreour from Old North French werreieur from werreier to make war from werre war ; see war .THE AMERICAN HERITAGE® DICTIONARY OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE, FIFTH EDITION by the Editors of the American Heritage Dictionaries. Copyright © 2016, 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
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Noun
(plural warriors)
- A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
- (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
Origin
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman *warrier Old French guerreier (“fighter, combattant"), from Late Latin guerra (“war")
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Sentence Examples
- No warrior wants to die of old age, he said.
- The warrior looked her over from head to toe.
- What sort of warrior should I make?
- The massive warrior paced to the window.
- "A king needs a warrior, not a doll," Jule teased.
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