warmonger
See also: war-monger
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edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə(ɹ)/
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Noun
editwarmonger (plural warmongers)
- (derogatory) Someone who advocates war; a militarist.
- 1952 September 22, “Since Stevenson Prefers 'Compromise', Foreign Policy Is Squarely in the Campaign”, in LIFE, volume 33, number 12, Time Inc., →ISSN, page 30:
- Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.
- A mercenary soldier.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 550:
- With that, out of his bouget forth he drew
Great ſtore of treaſure, therewith him to tempt;
But he on it lookt ſcornefully askew,
As much diſdeigning to be ſo miſdempt,
Or a war-monger to be baſely nempt;
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editone who advocates war
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editwarmonger (third-person singular simple present warmongers, present participle warmongering, simple past and past participle warmongered)
- (derogatory, intransitive) To advocate war.
- 2002, Robert Colls, Identity of England[1]:
- Harmsworth's Daily Mail had warmongered for over twenty years.
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editto advocate war