warrior
//ˈwɒɹi.ə//
Forms
- Plural
- warriors
Definitions
1.A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
2.A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
Frequency
Overall
Uncommon· #3387
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Rare
- General reading & writing
- Uncommon
- Academic
- Rare
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Word family
Etymology
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”).