English > belligerent: 3 senses > noun 1, person | Meaning | someone who fights (or is fighting). |
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| Synonyms | combatant, battler, fighter, scrapper |
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| Narrower | boxer, pugilist | someone who fights with his fists for sport |
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| brawler | A fighter (especially one who participates in brawls) |
| butter | A fighter who strikes the opponent with his head |
| defender, withstander | A fighter who holds out against attack |
| fencer, swordsman | someone skilled at fencing |
| gladiator | (ancient Rome) a professional combatant or a captive who entertained the public by engaging in mortal combat |
| gouger | An attacker who gouges out the antagonist's eye |
| hell-kite, hell-rooster, gamecock | someone who is a very fierce fighter |
| mauler | A fighter who batters the opponent / opponent |
| skirmisher | someone who skirmishes (e.g., as a member of a scouting party) |
| street fighter, tough | someone who learned to fight in the streets rather than being formally trained in the sport of boxing |
| victor, master, superior | A combatant who is able to defeat rivals |
| wrestler, grappler, matman | combatant who tries to throw opponent to the ground |
| Broader | person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul | A human being |
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| Spanish | batallador, beligerante, combatiente, guerrero, luchador |
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| Catalan | batallador, bel·ligerant, combatent, guerrer, lluitador |
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| Adjectives | belligerent | characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight |
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| belligerent | engaged in war |
