Belligerent Definition
A state or other armed participant in warfare.
Other Word Forms of Belligerent
Noun
Origin of Belligerent
-
From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“I wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“I lead, wage, carry on”)).
From Wiktionary
Latin belligerāns belligerant- present participle of belligerāre to wage war from belliger warlike bellum war gerere to make
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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