warriors

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

1. A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
   • Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out.[…]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC
2. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
3. (figuratively) Anything exceptionally tough, stubborn, or that is hard to conquer or overcome.
   • It was an old warrior of a hole about sixty feet deep, that had broken the hearts of numerous gangs of well-sinkers, all of whom abandoned it[.]1911, ‘Steel Rudd’, The Book of Dan, Brisbane: University of Queensland Press, published 1970, page 6

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