aggressor
/əˈɡɹɛsə/US/əˈɡɹɛsɚ/
aggressor noun: the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
Noun (1)
aggressor (plural aggressors)
- The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
- Hitler and the Japanese generals miscalculated badly, 10 years ago, when they thought we would not be able to use our economic power effectively for the defeat of aggression. Let would-be aggressors make no such mistake today.1950 September 1, Harry S. Truman, 2:37 from the start, in MP72-73 Korea and World Peace: President Truman Reports to the People, Harry S. Truman Presidential Library and Museum, National Archives...
Proper noun capitalized: Aggressor
Aggressor
- a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's
- In recent years the Aggressor Homeland has been modifying its logistical organization and procedures in an effort to meet the requirements of mobile and fast-moving forces in modern warfare. (Handbook on Aggressor: Field Manual, United States Department of the Army, June 1973)
Noun (2) capitalized: Aggressor
Aggressor (plural Aggressors)
- a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state
aggressor meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
aggressor in Hindi
- the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
- आक्रामक ākrāmak, आक्रमणकारी ākramaṇkārī, हमलावर hamlāvar
aggressor in Tamil
- வலியப் போர் தொடுத்தவர், வலுச்சண்டைக்குச் செல்பவர், தாக்கியவர், ஆக்கிரமிப்பாளர், வம்புச்சண்டைக்காரர்
aggressor in Urdu
- the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
- حَمْلَہ آوَر hamla āvar, جارِح jārih
aggressor in Bengali
- the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression
- আক্রমণকারী akromonkari
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- aggressor in Malayalam
- കൈയേറ്റക്കാരൻ, അക്രമി, ആദ്യം വഴക്ക് ആരംഭിക്കുന്നവൻ
- aggressor in Kannada
- ಆಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರ, ದುರಾಕ್ರಮಣಕಾರ, ದುಂಡಾವರ್ತಿಗಾರ
- aggressor in Pashto
- یرغلګر yarǧalgár
- aggressor in Arabic
- مُعْتَدٍ muʕtadin, بَاغٍ bāḡin, مُعْتِد muʕtid
- aggressor in Malay
- pengagresif, penyeran
- aggressor in Indonesian
- agresor, penyerang
- aggressor in Thai
- ผู้รุกราน pûu-rúk-raan
- aggressor in Vietnamese
- kẻ xâm lược
- aggressor in Myanmar
- ရန်လိုသူ ranluisu, ကြူးကျော်သူ kru:kyausu
Examples of aggressor in a sentence
- Many weak countries have averted attack or conquest by bargaining with aggressors.
- What Sarajevans want above all else is to see the aggressor routed.
- During the thunder runs, they had been aggressors.
Forms of aggressor
| plural | aggressors |
|---|---|
| plural | Aggressors |
| alternative form (obsolete) | aggressour |
Origin of aggressor
Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).
From aggressor.
Words formed from aggressor
Phrases with aggressor
Questions about aggressor
- What does aggressor mean?
- Aggressor means the person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
- What is aggressor in Hindi?
- Aggressor in Hindi is आक्रामक (ākrāmak), आक्रमणकारी (ākramaṇkārī), हमलावर (hamlāvar). See Aggressor meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is aggressor?
- Aggressor can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce aggressor?
- Aggressor is pronounced /əˈɡɹɛsə/ (UK).
- What is the plural of aggressor?
- The plural of aggressor is aggressors.
Words near aggressor in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: aggressor (page history and authors); Aggressor (page history and authors); aggressor (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aggressor (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aggressor (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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