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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. someone who fights (or is fighting);
[syn: combatant, battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]


ADJECTIVE (2)

1. characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
- Example: "aggressive acts against another country"
- Example: "a belligerent tone"
[syn: aggressive, belligerent]

2. engaged in war;
- Example: "belligerent (or warring) nations"
[syn: belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n.
   A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person
   engaged in warfare.
   [1913 Webster]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens,
   -entis, waging, p. pr. of gerere to wage: cf. F.
   bellig['e]rant. See Bellicose, Jest.]
   1. Waging war; carrying on war. "Belligerent powers." --E.
      Everett.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to
      belligerents; as, a belligerent tone; belligerent rights.
      [1913 Webster]


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

belligerent
    adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight;
           "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent
           tone" [syn: aggressive, belligerent]
    2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations" [syn:
       belligerent, militant, war-ridden, warring]
    n 1: someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: combatant,
         battler, belligerent, fighter, scrapper]