belligerent

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Aggressive and eager to argue or fight.

   He became belligerent after a few drinks and started shouting at strangers.

2. 2
   noun

   A country or group that is taking part in a war.

   The treaty was signed by all the belligerents in the conflict.

From Latin belligerans (“waging war”), present active participle of belligerō (“to wage war”), from belliger (“waging war, warlike”), from bellum (“war”) + -ger (from gerō (“to lead, wage, carry on”)).

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