Warrior Noun - Definition, Pictures, Pronunciation And Usage Notes

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Definition of warrior noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

warrior noun   /ˈwɒriə(r)/  /ˈwɔːriər/(formal) jump to other results

1.  (especially in the past) a person who fights in a battle or war
   • a warrior nation (= whose people are skilled in fighting)
   • a Zulu warrior
   Extra Examples
   • He saved his fellow warrior.
   • He views himself as a holy warrior.
   • the armchair warriors at the Department of Defense
   • the graves of the fallen warriors
   • the last of the ancient warriors
   • A Viking warrior would be buried with his weapons: usually his sword, spear, shield and battleaxe.
   Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective
   • fearless
   • fierce
   • formidable
   • …
   … of warriors
   • band
   warrior + verb
   • fight
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2. (in compounds) (often disapproving) a person who leads or takes part in a campaign for a political or social cause, especially in an aggressive way that other people think is bad
   • These social justice warriors want to apply their politically correct standards and rules to others' speech.
   see also class warrior, culture warrior, eco-warrior, keyboard warrior, road warrior, urban warrior, weekend warriorTopics Social issuesc2
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French werreior, variant of Old French guerreior, from guerreier ‘make war’, from guerre ‘war’.

See warrior in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee warrior in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishCheck pronunciation: warrior

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• eco-warrior noun
• class warrior noun
• road warrior noun
• urban warrior noun
• culture warrior noun
• keyboard warrior noun
• Rainbow Warrior
• weekend warrior noun
• the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior

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