warrior

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Despite his youth, his fame as a warrior was already great, and in destroying him Tandakora would strike both at the Hodenosaunee and the white people who were his friends.

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  1. noun One who is engaged in or experienced in battle.
  2. noun One who is engaged aggressively or energetically in an activity, cause, or conflict: neighborhood warriors fighting against developers.

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  • Oh, how he wished the other warrior were the more powerful of the two. —  Garwood, Julie - The Bride
  • In Dewara's world, only a Kidona warrior was a whole man. —  Hobb, Robin - The Soldier Son 01 - Shaman's Crossing (v2.0)
  • They had, come at a run for nearly forty miles, and they had come to wipe out Chivamba's village, to kill everything, even the fowls, as their fathers had been wont to do in the good days, before the white man came; when a warrior was a warrior, and a Mashona was a dog. —  Diary of a Soldier of Fortune
  • The sword of the warrior is as necessary to the fulfillment of justice and righteousness as the holiness of the saint. —  Shadow Warrior
  • I think that only a warrior is able to understand a heart like that, which means you're a perfect match. —  mandythompson.com
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soldier ·  knight ·  hero ·  hunter ·  priest ·  prince ·  creature ·  fighter ·  guard ·  brother ·  sailor ·  foe

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English werreour, from Old North French werreieur, from werreier, to make war, from werre, war; see war.

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  1. Early modern English also warriour; from Middle English werriour, werryour, werreyour, werraiour, werreour, weorreur, from Old French *werreior, guerroieor, guerroyeur, guerriur, guerreor, etc., a warrior, one who wars, from *werreier, guerreier, make war: see warray.
 

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