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Webster 1913 Edition


Belligerent

Bel-lig′er-ent

,
Adj.
[L.
bellum
war +
gerens
,
-entis
, waging,
p.
pr.
of
gerere
to wage: cf. F.
belligérant
. See
Bellicose
,
Jest
.]
1.
Waging war; carrying on war.
Belligerent powers.”
E. Everett.
2.
Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents;
as, a
belligerent
tone;
belligerent
rights
.

Bel-lig′er-ent

,
Noun.
A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare.

Webster 1828 Edition


Belligerent

BELLIG'ERENT

,
Adj.
[L. belliger, warlike; belligero, to wage war; from bellum, war, and gero, to wage; part. gerens, gerentis, waging. Gr. war.]
Waging war; carrying on war; as a belligerent nation.

BELLIG'ERENT

,
Noun.
A nation, power or state carrying on war.

Definition 2024


belligerent

belligerent

See also: bel·ligerent

English

Adjective

belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent)

  1. Engaged in warfare, warring.
  2. Eager to go to war, warlike.
  3. Of or pertaining to war.
  4. (By extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight.
  5. Acting violently towards others.
  6. uncooperative

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Translations

Noun

belligerent (plural belligerents)

  1. A state or other armed participant in warfare
    The U.N. sent a treaty proposal to the belligerents.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: bel‧li‧ge‧rent

Etymology

From Latin belligerēns (waging war), present active participle of belligerō (wage war), from belliger (waging war, warlike), from bellum (war) + -ger (from gerō (wage, carry on)).

Adjective

belligerent (comparative belligerenter, superlative belligerentst)

  1. belligerent, engaged in warfare

Inflection

Inflection of belligerent
uninflected belligerent
inflected belligerente
comparative belligerenter
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial belligerent belligerenter het belligerentst
het belligerentste
indefinite m./f. sing. belligerente belligerentere belligerentste
n. sing. belligerent belligerenter belligerentste
plural belligerente belligerentere belligerentste
definite belligerente belligerentere belligerentste
partitive belligerents belligerenters

Synonyms

Noun

belligerent m (plural belligerenten)

  1. A belligerent, armed party in warfare

Latin

Verb

belligerent

  1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of belligerō