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WARMONGER
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Dictionary entry overview: What does warmonger mean?
• WARMONGER (noun)
The noun WARMONGER has 1 sense:
1. a person who advocates war or warlike policies
Familiarity information: WARMONGER used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A person who advocates war or warlike policies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting people
Synonyms:
militarist; warmonger
Hypernyms ("warmonger" is a kind of...):
adult; grownup (a fully developed person from maturity onward)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "warmonger"):
hawk; war hawk (an advocate of an aggressive policy on foreign relations)
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