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WIKTIONARY
belligerent
Adjective
  • Engaged in warfare, warring.
  • Eager to go to war, warlike.
  • Of or pertaining to war.
  • (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  • Acting violently towards others.
  • uncooperative
Noun
  • A state or other armed participant in warfare
BABYLON ENGLISH
belligerent adj.
warlike, aggressive; hostile
country that is engaged in war; member of the military of a warring nation
HENGLISH - ADVANCED VERSION
belligerent
belligerent
\bel*lig"er*ent\ (&?;), a. [l. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. f. belligérant. see bellicose, jest.]
1. waging war; carrying on war. "belligerent powers." everett.
2. pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
belligerent
\bel*lig"er*ent\, n. a nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.
belligerent
adj
1. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: aggressive]


2. engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" [syn: fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring]
n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant, battler, fighter, scrapper]



WORDNET 2.0
belligerent
Noun
1. someone who fights (or is fighting)
(synonym) combatant, battler, fighter, scrapper
(hypernym) person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul
(hyponym) defender, withstander
Adjective
1. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone"
(synonym) aggressive
(similar) hostile
2. engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war"
(synonym) fighting, militant, war-ridden, warring
(similar) unpeaceful
ENGLISH WIKIPEDIA - THE FREE ENCYCLOPEDIA
Belligerent
A belligerent (lat. bellum gerere, "to wage war") is an individual, group, country, or other entity that acts in a hostile manner, such as engaging in combat. Belligerent comes from Latin, literally meaning "one who wages war". Unlike the use of belligerent as an adjective to mean aggressive, its use as a noun does not necessarily imply that a belligerent country is an .
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