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Webster 1913 Edition
Berserker
{
Ber′serk
,Ber′serk-er
, }Noun.
[Icel.
berserkr
.] 1.
(Scand. Myth.)
One of a class of legendary heroes, who fought frenzied by intoxicating liquors, and naked, regardless of wounds.
Longfellow.
2.
One who fights as if frenzied, like a Berserker.
Definition 2024
berserker
berserker
English
Alternative forms
- berserkar
- beserker
Noun
berserker (plural berserkers)
- A berserk (a crazed Norse warrior who fought in a frenzy).
- One who fights as if frenzied, like a berserker.
- (science fiction) A type of von Neumann probe whose mission is to exterminate alien lifeforms.