Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
- noun One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A soldier; a man engaged in warfare; specifically, one devoted to a military life; in an especially honorable sense, a brave or veteran soldier.
- noun A humming-bird of the genus Oxypogon. Also called
helmet-crest .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
- noun (Zoöl.) a reddish ant (
Formica sanguinea ) native of Europe and America. It is one of the species which move in armies to capture and enslave other ants.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who is actively engaged in
battle ,conflict orwarfare ; asoldier orcombatant . - noun figuratively A person who is
aggressively ,courageously , orenergetically involved in an activity, such asathletics .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone engaged in or experienced in warfare
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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III. iv.151 (463,2) (unhandsome warrior as I am)] [W: wrangler] _Unhandsome warrior_, is evidently _unfair assailant_.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
P.J. Dermer: Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran P.J. Dermer 2012
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
P.J. Dermer: Israel's Human Calculus in the Equation to Attack Iran P.J. Dermer 2012
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The word warrior makes it sound like this would be a scary pose, but it is actually a pose about harmony., poise, power, trust, and balance.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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The word warrior makes it sound like this would be a scary pose, but it is actually a pose about harmony., poise, power, trust, and balance.
Itsy Bitsy Yoga Helen Garabedian 2004
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There is no higher honor bestowed to an Israeli than the term "warrior."
The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com P.J. Dermer 2012
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(Limited) begins, the title warrior sits facing the corner in a schoolroom cluttered with toys.
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Oriental spear had, and still has, a spike at the lower extremity, intended for the purpose of sticking the spear into the ground when the warrior is at rest.
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"In every society in history, the warrior is glorified," said phony-hero debunker B.G. "Jug" Burkett of Plano, Texas.
Heroes or Villains? 2010
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"In every society in history, the warrior is glorified," said phony-hero debunker B.G. "Jug" Burkett of Plano, Texas.
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I think that the definition of a keyboard warrior is their refusal to be swayed by the disagreement or emotional investment of others. They are brave heroes til the end, correcting everyone they encounter on vast internet plains.
Keyboard warriors of reddit, whats the worst consequence for feeling like a badass on the internet? TomHasAMilkshake 2025
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“People used to tell me not to worry too much about threats because the folks sending them are just ‘keyboard warriors’ — they wouldn’t actually show up to face me. But I went to bed every night knowing that all it takes is one person with a gun to make that horribly untrue.”
Right-wing trolls harassed this Bellingham sex educator. Then she reached across the divide Kyle Norris September 23, 2025 / 2:53 pm 2025
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