■ 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'.
■ 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'.
Concise Oxford English vocab. Сжатый оксфордский словарь английского языка. 2004