Etymology
war + -monger. A warmonger is literally a seller of war, from monger used as a transitive verb, meaning a peddler.
Pronunciation
Noun
Wikipedia warmonger (plural warmongers)
- (pejorative) a bellicist, someone who advocates war; a militarist
Translations
one who advocates war
- Catalan: bel·licista, militarista
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 戰爭販子 (cmn), 战争贩子 (cmn) (zhànzhēng fànzi)
- Czech: válečný štváč m
- Dutch: oorlogsstoker (nl)
- Finnish: sodanlietsoja (fi)
- French: belliciste (fr) m and f, va-t-en-guerre (fr) m and f, marchand de guerre (fr) m, marchande de guerre (fr) f
- German: Bellizist (de) m, Bellizistin (de) f, Kriegstreiber (de) m, Kriegstreiberin (de) f, Kriegshetzer (de) m, Kriegshetzerin (de) f
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- Greek: πολεμοκάπηλος (el) (polemokápilos) m
- Italian: guerrafondaio (it)
- Japanese: 主戦論者 (ja) (しゅせんろんしゃ, shusenronsha)
- Russian: разжигатель войны (ru) (razžigátel' vojný) m, поджигатель войны (ru) (podžigátel' vojný) m, милитарист (ru) (militaríst) m
- Spanish: belicista, militarista
- Swedish: krigshetsare c
- Turkish: ateş karıştırıcısı (tr), savaş çığırtkanı (tr), savaş kışkırtıcısı (tr), savaş satıcısı (tr)
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Synonyms