warmonger

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   disapproving: a person who eagerly encourages or promotes war

   Critics called the minister a warmonger after he rejected another offer of peace talks.

2. 2
   noun

   archaic: a soldier who fights in return for payment

   The chronicle describes the hired fighter as a warmonger who served the highest bidder.

3. 3
   verb

   disapproving: to encourage or argue in favor of war

   The columnist continued to warmonger even as diplomats prepared for negotiations.

A compound of war and monger, a word for a trader or, figuratively, someone who promotes something.

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