warrior
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A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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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.
[Link:] Gee, it sure is boring around here. [King Harkinian:] My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
- 2
figuratoA person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
- 3
figuratoAnything exceptionally tough, stubborn, or that is hard to conquer or overcome.
It was an old warrior of a hole about sixty feet deep, that had broken the hearts of numerous gangs of well-sinkers, all of whom abandoned it[.]
Etimologia
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced earlier Old English cempa and many others.
Forme
- plurale
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warrior · A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
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