WAR HAWK

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does war hawk mean? 

• WAR HAWK (noun)
  The noun WAR HAWK has 1 sense:

1. an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

  Familiarity information: WAR HAWK used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• WAR HAWK (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

hawk; war hawk

Hypernyms ("war hawk" is a kind of...):

militarist; warmonger (a person who advocates war or warlike policies)