warrior

UK: /ˈwɒriə^r/

US: /ˈwɔriɚ, ˈwɑr-/

US: (wôr′ē ər, wôr′yər, wor′ē ər, wor′yər)

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war•ri•or /ˈwɔriɚ, ˈwɑr-/   n. [countable]

1. Military a person engaged or experienced in warfare;
   soldier.

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war•ri•or  (wôr′ē ər, wôr′yər, wor′ē ər, wor′yər), n. 

1. Military a person engaged or experienced in warfare;
   soldier.
2. a person who shows or has shown great vigor, courage, or aggressiveness, as in politics or athletics.

• Old North French, equivalent. to werrei(er) to war¹ + -eor -or²
• Middle English werreieor 1250–1300

war′ri•or•like′, adj. 

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warrior / ˈwɒrɪə/ noun

1. a person engaged in, experienced in, or devoted to war
2. (as modifier): a warrior nation

Etymology: 13th Century: from Old Northern French werreieor, from werre war

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Un′known Sol′dier, 

1. American History, Military an unidentified soldier killed in battle and buried with honors, the tomb serving as a memorial to all the unidentified dead of a nation's armed forces. The tomb of the American Unknown Soldier, commemorating a serviceman killed in World War I, was established in the Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia in 1921. In 1958, the remains of personnel of World War II and the Korean War were buried alongside the tomb (now called the Tomb of the Unknowns). In 1984, a serviceman of the Vietnam War was interred next to the others. Also called,[Brit.,] Un′known War′rior. 

• 1920–25

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Unknown Soldier, Warrior noun

1. (in various countries) an unidentified soldier who has died in battle and for whom a tomb is established as a memorial to other unidentified dead of the nation's armed forces