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    WARRIOR

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Someone engaged in or experienced in warfareplay

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting people

    Hypernyms ("warrior" is a kind of...):

    individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warrior"):

    brave (a North American Indian warrior)

    centurion ((ancient Rome) the leader of 100 soldiers)

    Crusader (a warrior who engages in a holy war)

    guerilla; guerrilla; insurgent; irregular (a member of an irregular armed force that fights a stronger force by sabotage and harassment)

    samurai (a Japanese warrior who was a member of the feudal military aristocracy)

    Instance hyponyms:

    Goliath ((Old Testament) a giant Philistine warrior who was slain by David with a slingshot)

    Derivation:

    war (make or wage war)

    Credits

     Context examples: 

    He sent to the little tailor and caused him to be informed that as he was a great warrior, he had one request to make to him.

    (Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

    Two or three warriors spoke, and finally our young friend made a spirited harangue with such eloquent features and gestures that we could understand it all as clearly as if we had known his language.

    (The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    All day Alleyne looked down upon the changing scene, and all day the old bowman stood by his elbow, pointing out the crests of famous warriors and the arms of noble houses.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    It is possible that something else will come up related to that episode on November 24 when warrior Mars will oppose Uranus, the planet ruling unexpected events.

    (AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

    Then the wild man went back into the forest, and it was not long before a stable-boy came out of it, who led a horse that snorted with its nostrils, and could hardly be restrained, and behind them followed a great troop of warriors entirely equipped in iron, and their swords flashed in the sun.

    (Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

    But what danger could threaten them here in this strong castle, under the care of famous warriors, with high walls and a broad moat around them?

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    One involves warrior Mars directly opposed to unpredictable Uranus, a volatile aspect where tempers (yours and others’) could easily flare.

    (AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

    The Mayor of Lepe gazed with amazement on the mild face and slender frame of the famous warrior.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

    More relationship fireworks are due this month when warrior Mars, in your fifth house of romantic relationships, will directly confront Pluto on November 5, and then later, Mars will oppose unpredictable Uranus on November 24.

    (AstrologyZone.com, by Susan Miller)

    They were followed by a banner-bearer who held high the scarlet wedge upon a silver field which proclaimed the presence of the famous warrior.

    (The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)


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