warrior definition

See also: Warrior

English

Alternative forms

warriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman guerreier, 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.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/
(NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/
Audio (US) (file)
Hyphenation: war‧ri‧or
Rhymes: -ɒɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], →OCLC:
  Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
(figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Derived terms

Related terms

war

Translations

person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare

Albanian: luftë tar (sq) m
Apache:
Western Apache: nawołkaadi
Arabic: مُحَارِب‎ m (muḥārib), مُقَاتِل‎ m (muqātil)
Armenian: մարտիկ (hy) (martik), ռազմիկ (hy) (ṙazmik)
Azerbaijani: döyüşçü (az), mübariz (az), əsgər (az)
Belarusian: во́ін m (vóin), бае́ц m (bajéc), вая́к m (vaják)
Bengali: যোদ্ধা (jōddha)
Bulgarian: во́ин (bg) m (vóin), бое́ц (bg) m (boéc), войни́к (bg) m (vojník), ра́тник (bg) m (rátnik) (dated)
Burmese: သူရဲ (my) (surai:)
Catalan: guerrer (ca) m, guerrera (ca) f
Chechen: тӏемло (tʼemlo), сурхуо (surxwo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰士／战士 (zh) (zhànshì), 武士 (zh) (wǔshì), 勇士 (zh) (yǒngshì)
Chuvash: çарçӑ (çarçă)
Czech: bojovník (cs) m, válečník (cs) m
Danish: kriger c, stridsmand c
Dutch: krijger (nl) m
Erzya: ушман (ušman)
Estonian: sõdalane (et)
Finnish: taistelija (fi), sotilas (fi), (literary, poetic) soturi (fi)
French: guerrier (fr) m, guerrière (fr) f
Galician: guerreiro (gl) m, guerreira f
Georgian: მეომარი (meomari), მებრძოლი (mebrʒoli)
German: Krieger (de) m, Kriegerin (de) f
Middle High German: dëgen m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 m (gadrauhts)
Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís)
Ancient: πολεμιστής m (polemistḗs), μαχητής m (makhētḗs)
Gujarati: લડવૈયો m (laḍvaiyo)
Hebrew: לוֹחֵם‎ (he) m (loḥém), לוֹחֶמֶת‎ f (loḥémet)
Hindi: लड़ाका (hi) m (laṛākā), योद्धा (hi) m (yoddhā), जंगजू (hi) m (jaṅgjū)
Hungarian: harcos (hu)
Indonesian: pendekar (id)
Irish: gaiscíoch m, laoch (ga) m
Italian: guerriero (it) m, guerriera (it) f
Japanese: 戦士 (ja) (せんし, senshi), 武士 (ja) (ぶし, bushi), 武人 (ja) (ぶじん, bujin), 武者 (ja) (むしゃ, musha)
Kazakh: жауынгер (jauyñer)
Khmer: យោធ (km) (yoothĕəʼ), ពលយោធា (pŭəl yoothiə), យុទ្ធការី (yutthĕəʼkaarəy), យុទ្ធជន (yutthĕəʼcŭən)
Korean: 싸울아비 (ssaurabi), 무사(武士) (ko) (musa), 전사(戰士) (ko) (jeonsa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: cengawer (ku) m, şerker (ku) m, şervan (ku) m
Kyrgyz: жоокер (ky) (jooker)
Lao: ນັກຮົບ (nak hop)
Latin: bellā tor m, bellātrix (la) f
Latvian: karavīrs m, karotājs m
Lithuanian: karys m, kovotojas m
Maasai: ɔl-mʉ́rráni
Macedonian: воин m (voin)
Malay: pahlawan, pejuang, kesatria
Malayalam: യോദ്ധാവ് (ml) (yōddhāvŭ)
Maltese: gwerrier m, gwerriera f
Middle English: werreour, kempe
Mon:သရာဲပၞာန် (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) (bajldagč)
Nandi: muren
Navajo: naabaahii
Ngazidja Comorian: mvulana class 1/2, sudjaa class 5/6
Norman: dgèrryi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kriger (no) m, hærmann m, stridsmann m

Nynorsk: krigar m, hærmann m, stridsmann m
Nupe: ekungùnci
Occitan: guerrièr (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: воинъ m (voinŭ), оимъ m (oimŭ)
Old East Slavic: воинъ m (voinŭ)
Old English: cempa m
Ottoman Turkish: صاواشجی‎ (savaşcı)
Pali: yodha m
Pashto: جنګي‎ m (ǰangí)
Persian: جنگجو‎ (fa) (jangju), سرباز‎ (fa) (sarbâz)
Piedmontese: guerié m
Polish: wojownik (pl) m, wojowniczka (pl) f, żołnierz (pl) m, żołnierka (pl) f, woj, wój (pl), wiciądz
Portuguese: guerreiro (pt) m, guerreira (pt) f
Rapa Nui: matato'a
Romanian: luptă tor (ro) m, luptătoare (ro) f
Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát), ра́тник (ru) m (rátnik) (dated)
Sanskrit: योद्धृ (sa) m (yoddhṛ)
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏тнӣк m

Roman: rȁtnīk (sh) m
Slovak: bojovník m
Slovene: bojevnik m, vojščak (sl) m
Southern Altai: јуучыл (ǰuučïl)
Spanish: guerrero (es) m, guerrera (es) f
Sumerian: 𒃼𒊏𒁺𒌝 (/⁠garradum⁠/), 𒌨𒊕 (/⁠ursaĝ⁠/), 𒄞𒌓 (/⁠gud⁠/)
Swedish: krigare (sv) c, stridsman c
Tagalog: mandirigma
Tajik: ҷанговар (jangovar), аскар (askar), сарбоз (sarboz)
Tatar: сугышчы (tt) (suğışçı)
Thai: นักรบ (th) (nák-róp)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: wetāᵤ
Turkish: savaşçı (tr), asker (tr)
Turkmen: urşujy, söweşiji, esger
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr)
Ukrainian: воя́к m (voják), во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ)
Urdu: جنگجو‎ m (jangju)
Uyghur: جەڭچى‎ (ug) (jengchi), ئەسكەر‎ (ug) (esker)
Uzbek: jangchi (uz), askar (uz), sipoh (uz) (dated)
Vietnamese: chiến sĩ (vi) (戰士), chiến binh (vi) (戰兵), võ sĩ (vi) (武士)
Welsh: rhyfelwr (cy) m
Yiddish: שלאַכטמאַן‎ m (shlakhtman)
Yoruba: jagunjagun, ajagun

person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity

Finnish: taistelija (fi)
Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís)
Latvian: cīnītājs m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kriger (no) m, stridsmann m

Nynorsk: krigar m, stridsmann m
Polish: bojownik (pl) m, bojowniczka (pl) f
Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát)
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m
Slovene: borec (sl) m
Swedish: krigare (sv) c
Ukrainian: во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ), воя́к m (voják)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Dictionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} ushtri (sq)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} strijder (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} strijdster (nl) f
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sõdur (et)
French: ^{(please verify)} guerrier (fr) m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} guerriero (it) m
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} savaşçı (tr)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “warrior”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
“warrior”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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