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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, a. [L. bellum war + gerens, -entis, waging, p. pr of gerere to wage: cf F. bellig['e]rant. See {Bellicose}, {Jest}.] 1. Waging war; carrying on war. ``Belligerent powers.'' --E. Everett. 2. Pertaining, or tending, to war; of or relating to belligerents; as a belligerent tone; belligerent rights. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Belligerent \Bel*lig"er*ent\, n. A nation or state recognized as carrying on war; a person engaged in warfare. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: belligerent adj 1: characteristic of an enemy or one eager to fight; "aggressive acts against another country"; "a belligerent tone" [syn: {aggressive}] 2: engaged in war; "belligerent (or warring) nations"; "a fighting war" [syn: {fighting}, {militant}, {war-ridden}, {warring}] n : someone who fights (or is fighting) [syn: {combatant}, {battler}, {fighter}, {scrapper}]
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