warrior

See also: Warrior

English

Alternative forms

• warriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹ.i.ə/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: war‧ri‧or
• Rhymes: -ɒɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

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1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
   • 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:

     Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.

2. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Derived terms

• bloody warrior
• bloody-warrior
• class warrior
• cold warrior
• corridor warrior
• culture warrior
• eco-warrior
• edit warrior
• Indian warrior
• keyboard warrior
• people's warrior
• road warrior
• social-justice warrior
• social justice warrior
• status quo warrior
• urban warrior
• warrior ant
• warrioress
• warriorhood
• warrior wasp
• weekend warrior
• Wi-Fi warrior
• wolf warrior
• workout warrior

Related terms

• war

Translations

person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare

Albanian: luftëtar (sq) m Apache: Western Apache: nawołkaadi Arabic: مُحَارِب m (muḥārib), مُقَاتِل m (muqātil) Armenian: մարտիկ (hy) (martik), ռազմիկ (hy) (ṙazmik) Azerbaijani: döyüşçü (az), mübariz (az), əsgər (az) Basque: gudari Belarusian: во́ін m (vóin), бае́ц m (bajéc), вая́к m (vaják) Bengali: যোদ্ধা (bn) (jōddha) Bulgarian: во́ин (bg) m (vóin), бое́ц (bg) m (boéc), войни́к (bg) m (vojník), ра́тник (bg) m (rátnik) (dated) Burmese: သူရဲ (my) (surai:) Catalan: guerrer (ca) m, guerrera (ca) f Chechen: тӏемло (tʼemlo), сурхуо (surxwo) Chinese: Mandarin: 戰士 / 战士 (zh) (zhànshì), 武士 (zh) (wǔshì), 勇士 (zh) (yǒngshì) Chuvash: çарçӑ (çarçă) Czech: bojovník (cs) m, válečník (cs) m Danish: kriger c, stridsmand c Dutch: krijger (nl) m Erzya: ушман (ušman) Estonian: sõdur (et), sõdalane (et) Finnish: taistelija (fi), sotilas (fi), (literary, poetic) soturi (fi) French: guerrier (fr) m, guerrière (fr) f Gagauz: savaşan Galician: guerreiro (gl) m, guerreira f Georgian: მეომარი (meomari), მებრძოლი (mebrʒoli) German: Krieger (de) m, Kriegerin (de) f Middle High German: dëgen m Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 m (gadrauhts) Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís) Ancient: πολεμιστής m (polemistḗs), μαχητής m (makhētḗs) Gujarati: લડવૈયો m (laḍvaiyo) Hebrew: לוֹחֵם (he) m (loḥém), לוֹחֶמֶת f (loḥémet) Hindi: लड़ाका (hi) m (laṛākā), योद्धा (hi) m (yoddhā), जंगजू (hi) m (jaṅgjū) Hungarian: harcos (hu) Indonesian: pendekar (id) Irish: gaiscíoch m, laoch (ga) m Italian: guerriero (it) m, guerriera (it) f Japanese: 戦士 (ja) (せんし, senshi), 武士 (ja) (ぶし, bushi), 武人 (ja) (ぶじん, bujin), 武者 (ja) (むしゃ, musha) Kazakh: жауынгер (jauyñer) Khmer: យោធ (km) (yoothĕəʼ), ពលយោធា (pŭəl yoothiə), យុទ្ធការី (yutthĕəʼkaarəy), យុទ្ធជន (yutthĕəʼcŭən) Korean: 싸울아비 (ssaurabi), 무사(武士) (ko) (musa), 전사(戰士) (ko) (jeonsa) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: cengawer (ku) m, şerker (ku) m, şervan (ku) m Kyrgyz: жоокер (ky) (jooker) Lao: ນັກຮົບ (nak hop) Latin: bellātor m, bellātrix (la) f Latvian: karavīrs m, karotājs m Lithuanian: karys m, kovotojas m Maasai: ɔl-mʉ́rráni Macedonian: воин m (voin) Malay: pahlawan, pejuang, kesatria Malayalam: യോദ്ധാവ് (ml) (yōddhāvŭ) Maltese: gwerrier m, gwerriera f Manx: fer caggee m Middle English: werreour, kempe Mon: သရာဲပၞာန် (mnw) Mongolian: Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) (bajldagč) Nandi: muren Navajo: naabaahii Ngazidja Comorian: mvulana class 1/2, sudjaa class 5/6 Norman: dgèrryi m Norwegian: Bokmål: kriger (no) m, hærmann m, stridsmann m Nynorsk: krigar m, hærmann m, stridsmann m Nupe: ekungùnci Occitan: guerrièr (oc) m Old Church Slavonic: Cyrillic: воинъ m (voinŭ), оимъ m (oimŭ) Old East Slavic: воинъ m (voinŭ) Old English: cempa m Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی (savaşcı) Pali: yodha m Pashto: جنګي m (ǰangí) Pawnee: raawiiraahisuʼ Persian: جنگجو (fa) (jangju), سرباز (fa) (sarbâz), ارتشتار (fa) (arteštâr) Piedmontese: guerié m Polish: wojownik (pl) m, wojowniczka (pl) f, żołnierz (pl) m, żołnierka (pl) f, woj, wój (pl), wiciądz Portuguese: guerreiro (pt) m, guerreira (pt) f Rapa Nui: matato'a Romanian: luptător (ro) m, luptătoare (ro) f Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát), ра́тник (ru) m (rátnik) (dated) Sanskrit: योद्धृ (sa) m (yoddhṛ) Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: ра̏тнӣк m Roman: rȁtnīk (sh) m Slovak: bojovník (sk) m Slovene: bojevnik m, vojščak (sl) m Southern Altai: јуучыл (ǰuučïl) Spanish: guerrero (es) m, guerrera (es) f Sumerian: 𒃼𒊏𒁺𒌝 (/⁠garradum⁠/), 𒌨𒊕 (/⁠ursaĝ⁠/), 𒄞𒌓 (/⁠gud⁠/) Swedish: krigare (sv) c, stridsman (sv) c Tagalog: mandirigma Tajik: ҷанговар (jangovar), аскар (askar), сарбоз (sarboz) Tatar: сугышчы (tt) (suğışçı) Thai: นักรบ (th) (nák-róp) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Tocharian B: wetāᵤ Turkish: savaşçı (tr), asker (tr) Turkmen: urşujy, söweşiji, esger Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr) Ukrainian: воя́к m (voják), во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ) Urdu: جنگجو m (jangju) Uyghur: جەڭچى (ug) (jengchi), ئەسكەر (ug) (esker) Uzbek: jangchi (uz), askar (uz), sipoh (uz) (dated) Vietnamese: chiến sĩ (vi) (戰士), chiến binh (vi) (戰兵), võ sĩ (vi) (武士) Welsh: rhyfelwr (cy) m Yiddish: שלאַכטמאַן m (shlakhtman) Yoruba: jagunjagun, ajagun

person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity

Chinese: Hokkien: 勇者 (zh-min-nan) (ióng-chiá) Mandarin: 勇者 (zh) (yǒngzhě) Estonian: võistleja, võitleja Finnish: taistelija (fi) Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís) Latvian: cīnītājs m Norwegian: Bokmål: kriger (no) m, stridsmann m Nynorsk: krigar m, stridsmann m Polish: bojownik (pl) m, bojowniczka (pl) f Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát) Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m Slovene: borec (sl) m Swedish: krigare (sv) c Ukrainian: во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ), воя́к m (voják)

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Albanian: (please verify) ushtri (sq) Dutch: (please verify) strijder (nl) m, (please verify) strijdster (nl) f French: (please verify) guerrier (fr) m Italian: (please verify) guerriero (it) m Turkish: (please verify) savaşçı (tr)

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “warrior”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “warrior”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.