warrior

B1 Topic:General Vocabulary

US /ˈwɔɹiɚ/ UK /ˈwɒɹiə/ See IPA manual

Freq #3254

Meanings

1

noun
A brave or experienced fighter, especially in past times.

The ancient warriors carried swords and shields into battle.
2

noun
A person who fights hard and bravely for a cause or in an activity.

She is a warrior for the rights of working families.

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Word family

Forms warriors

Derived forms bloody-warrioreco-warriorwarrioresswarriorhood

Related forms war

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa and many others.

werreour Middle English werreur xno guerroiier Old French werra la-med *werru frk *wers- Proto-Indo-European

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# warrior

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈwɔɹiɚ/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈwɒɹiə/
**Frequency rank:** 3254

## Meanings
1. A brave or experienced fighter, especially in past times.
2. A person who fights hard and bravely for a cause or in an activity.

## Examples
- The ancient warriors carried swords and shields into battle.
- She is a warrior for the rights of working families.

## Derived Forms
- bloody-warrior
- eco-warrior
- warrioress
- warriorhood

## Related Forms
- war

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: werreour
- Root: werreur
- Root: guerroiier
- Root: werra
- Root: *werru
- Root: *wers-

## Etymology
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa and many others.

## AI Etymology
Warrior is from Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa and many others. Important historical forms include Middle English werreour, Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier, Medieval Latin werra, Frankish *werru, and Proto-Indo-European *wers-. In present-day use, it can mean a brave or experienced fighter, especially in past times, or a person who fights hard and bravely for a cause or in an activity.

## Topics
- General Vocabulary

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