Meanings
warrior1
nounwarrior (plural warriors)
plural warriors · alternative obsolete warriour
- A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
[Link:] Gee, it sure is boring around here. [King Harkinian:] My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for.
1993 October 10, Animation Magic, Link: The Faces of Evil, Philips Interactive Media, scene: Intro1 more example
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.
1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC - figurativelyA person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
- figurativelyAnything 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[.]
1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 6
Warrior2
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*wers-“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”
- Frankish*werʀu“confusion; quarrel”
- Medieval Latinwerra
- Old Frenchguerroiier“fighter, combattant”
- Anglo-Normanwerreur
- Middle Englishwerreour
- Englishwarrior
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.
More words from Middle English, Anglo-Norman, Old French
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Ancient Greek πολεμιστής, μαχητής
- πολεμιστής (polemistḗs)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- μαχητής (makhētḗs)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Arabic مُحَارِب, مُقَاتِل
- مُحَارِب (muḥārib)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- مُقَاتِل (muqātil)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- مُجَاهِد (mujāhid)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Basque gudari
- gudariperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Bengali যোদ্ধা
- যোদ্ধা (jōddha)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Bulgarian во́ин, бое́ц
- во́ин (vóin)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- бое́ц (boéc)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- войни́к (vojník)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- ра́тник (rátnik)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Catalan guerrer, guerrera
- guerrerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- guerreraperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Chinese Mandarin 戰士 /战士, 武士
- 戰士 /战士 (zhànshì)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 武士 (wǔshì)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 勇士 (yǒngshì)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 武人 (wǔrén)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 勇者 (yǒngzhě)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Czech bojovník, válečník
- bojovníkperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- válečníkperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Danish kriger, stridsmand
- krigerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- stridsmandperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Dutch krijger
- krijgerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Estonian sõdur, sõdalane
- sõdurperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- sõdalaneperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- võistlejaperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- võitlejaperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Finnish taistelija, sotilas
- taistelijaperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- sotilasperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- soturiperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- taistelijaperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
French guerrier, guerrière
- guerrierperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- guerrièreperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
German Krieger, Kriegerin
- Kriegerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- Kriegerinperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- Kriegsmannperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Greek μαχητής, μαχητής
- μαχητής (machitís)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- μαχητής (machitís)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Hebrew לוֹחֵם, לוֹחֶמֶת
- לוֹחֵם (lokhém)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- לוֹחֶמֶת (lokhémet)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Hindi लड़ाका, योद्धा
- लड़ाका (laṛākā)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- योद्धा (yoddhā)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- जंगजू (jaṅgjū)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Hungarian harcos
- harcosperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Icelandic stríðsmaður
- stríðsmaðurperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Indonesian pendekar
- pendekarperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Irish gaiscíoch, laoch
- gaiscíochperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- laochperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Italian guerriero, guerriera
- guerrieroperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- guerrieraperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Japanese 戦士, 武士
- 戦士 (senshi)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 武士 (bushi)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 武人 (bujin)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 武者 (musha)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Korean 싸울아비, 무사
- 싸울아비 (ssaurabi)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 무사 (musa)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 전사 (jeonsa)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- 무인 (mu'in)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Latin bellātor, bellātrix
- bellātorperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- bellātrixperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Latvian karavīrs, karotājs
- karavīrsperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- karotājsperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- cīnītājsperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Lithuanian karys, kovotojas
- karysperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- kovotojasperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Malay pahlawan, pejuang
- pahlawanperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- pejuangperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- kesatriaperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Norwegian Bokmål kriger, hærmann
- krigerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- hærmannperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- stridsmannperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- krigerperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- stridsmannperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Polish wojownik, wojowniczka
- wojownikperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- wojowniczkaperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- żołnierzperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- żołnierkaperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- wojperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- wójperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- wiciądzperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- bojownikperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- bojowniczkaperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Portuguese guerreiro, guerreira
- guerreiroperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- guerreiraperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Romanian luptător, luptătoare
- luptătorperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- luptătoareperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Russian во́ин, бое́ц
- во́ин (vóin)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- бое́ц (bojéc)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- солда́т (soldát)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- ра́тник (rátnik)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- во́ин (vóin)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- бое́ц (bojéc)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- солда́т (soldát)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Scottish Gaelic gaisgeach, laoch
- gaisgeachperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- laochperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- gaisgeachperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- laochperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Slovak bojovník
- bojovníkperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Spanish guerrero, guerrera
- guerreroperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- guerreraperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Swedish krigare, stridsman
- krigareperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- stridsmanperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- krigareperson aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Tagalog mandirigma
- mandirigmaperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Thai นักรบ
- นักรบ (nák-róp)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Turkish savaşçı, asker
- savaşçıperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- askerperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Ukrainian воя́к, во́їн
- воя́к (voják)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- во́їн (vójin)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- боє́ць (bojécʹ)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- во́їн (vójin)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- боє́ць (bojécʹ)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
- воя́к (voják)person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity
Urdu جَن٘گْجُو
- جَن٘گْجُو (jaṅgjū)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Vietnamese chiến sĩ, chiến binh
- chiến sĩperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- chiến binhperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
- võ sĩperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Welsh rhyfelwr
- rhyfelwrperson actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
Yiddish שלאַכטמאַן
- שלאַכטמאַן (shlakhtman)person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare
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