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war monger

war monger is the alternative form of warmonger.

Meaning of warmonger

Noun

warmonger (plural warmongers)

  1. (derogatory) Someone who advocates war to an enthusiastic or ardent degree.
    • Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.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
  2. A mercenary soldier.
    • 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;1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 550

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Forms of war monger

pluralwar mongers

Questions about war monger

What is war monger the alternative form of?
War monger is the alternative form of warmonger.

Words near war monger in the dictionary

  1. war lords
  2. war machine
  3. war machines
  4. war memorial
  5. war memorials
  6. war monger
  7. war mongers
  8. war movie
  9. war movies
  10. War of 1812
  11. war of aggression

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