BELLIGERENT


Meaning of BELLIGERENT in English

■ adjective hostile and aggressive.

↘engaged in a war or conflict.

■ noun a nation or person engaged in war or conflict.

Derivatives

~ly adverb

Origin

C16: from L. belligerant- , belligerare 'wage war', from bellum 'war'.

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