- (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
- …
- band
- fight
- (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.
Word OriginMiddle English: from Old Northern French werreior, variant of Old French guerreior, from guerreier ‘make war’, from guerre ‘war’.
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