Meaning

2 senses

  1. (derogatory)Someone who advocates war to an enthusiastic or ardent degree.

    Kriegstreiber, Kriegshetzer

    разжига́тель войны́razžigátelʹ vojný, поджига́тель войны́podžigátelʹ vojný, милитари́стmilitaríst

    a person who advocates war or warlike policies

  2. A mercenary soldier.

Examples

7 sentences

  1. We're not warmongers.

    deWir sind keine Kriegstreiber. — Adelpa

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  2. The warmongers always kill the peacemakers.

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  3. Kallas is a russophobic warmonger.

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  4. Warmongers must fuck off.

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  5. The European Left is a club of warmongers.

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Translations

8 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
one who advocates war:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
one who advocates war:

Origin

From war + monger.

From war + monger.

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Forms

plural: warmongers

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • a person who advocates war or warlike policies:militarist

Word family

5 related words
Relatedmongerarms dealerarmsmakerdeathmonger
Derivedwarmongery

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
warmA1warmlyB1warmthB1warnB1warningB1

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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