warmonger

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See also: war-monger

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From war +‎ monger.

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warmonger (plural warmongers)

  1. (derogatory) Someone who advocates war; a militarist.
    Synonyms: bellicist, hawk, jingoist, war hawk
    • 1952 September 22, “Since Stevenson Prefers 'Compromise', Foreign Policy Is Squarely in the Campaign”, in LIFE, volume 33, number 12, Time Inc., →ISSN, page 30:
      Wham! Overnight he became a warmonger.
  2. A mercenary soldier.

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warmonger (third-person singular simple present warmongers, present participle warmongering, simple past and past participle warmongered)

  1. (derogatory, intransitive) To advocate war.
    • 2002, Robert Colls, Identity of England:
      Harmsworth's Daily Mail had warmongered for over twenty years.

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