warrior English · revision 7168

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=1297|origins=frk *werra}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈwɒɹi.ə/ ''(UK)''; /ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English werreyoure, [[bor|fro|werreieor|t=a warrior, one who wages war]] (Old North French; central Old French guerreieor),^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(MWU 2024) from [[m|fro|werreier|t=to wage war]], from werre, war (see [[war]]).^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)^(NODE 1998)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ One whose occupation is warfare, a fighting man: 1297 in the OED, probably before 1300 in Barnhart, about 1300 in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ One who makes war on someone, a persecutor, is an obsolete sense of before 1300.^(OED 1989) It is especially used in an honourable sense, a brave veteran.^(Etymonline) Applied to a woman it is from about 1400,^(OED 1989) and to an animal from 1697.^(OED 1989) The North American warrior ant, a slave-making species, is named by 1834.^(Etymonline) The wallflower was locally called ''bloody warrior'' (1825).^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1297 – a fighting man.^(OED 1989)

+ * c. 1400 – of a woman.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1697 – of an animal.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1834 – warrior ant.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A brave or experienced [[soldier]] or fighter, especially in earlier times.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # A person who shows great vigour or courage in a struggle.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[warriorlike]]

+ * [[Black Warrior]]

+ * [[cold warrior]]

+ * [[Indian warrior]]

+ * [[road warrior]]

+ * [[weekend warrior]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[war]]

+ * [[warfare]]

+ * [[guerrilla]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}