Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English - belligerent
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A belligerent person is hostile and aggressive. He was almost back to his belligerent mood of twelve months ago. = aggressive ADJ • belligerently ‘Why not?’ he asked belligerently. ADV • belligerence He could be accused of passion, but never belligerence. = aggression N-UNCOUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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adjective Etymology: modification of Latin belligerant-, belligerans, present participle of belligerare to wage war, from belliger waging war, from bellum + gerere to wage Date: 1577 1. waging war; specifically belonging to or recognized as a state at war and protected by and subject to the laws of war 2. inclined to or exhibiting assertiveness, hostility, or combativeness • ~ noun • ~ly adverb Synonyms: ~, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude. ~ often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities ~ nations. bellicose suggests a disposition to fight a drunk in a bellicose mood. pugnacious suggests a disposition that takes pleasure in personal combat a pugnacious gangster. quarrelsome stresses an ill-natured readiness to fight without good cause the heat made us all quarrelsome. contentious implies perverse and irritating fondness for arguing and quarreling wearied by his contentious disposition. ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 engaged in war or conflict. 2 given to constant fighting; pugnacious. --n. a nation or person engaged in war or conflict. Derivatives belligerently adv. Etymology: L belligerare wage war f. bellum war + gerere wage ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. юр. воюющая сторона the belligerents —- государства, находящиеся в состоянии войны 2. участник драки 3. юр. находящийся в состоянии войны; воюющий belligerent powers —- воюющие державы accessory belligerent —- второстепенная воюющая сторона belligerent rights —- права воюющих сторон 4. воинственный; агрессивный to speak in a belligerent tone —- говорить в угрожающем тоне ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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powers воюющие державы BELLIGERENT 1. noun воюющая сторона 2. adj. 1) находящийся в состоянии войны - belligerent powers 2) воинственный Syn: see hostile ...Англо-русский словарь
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- 1577, from L. belligerantem (nom. belligerans), pp. of belligerare "to wage war," from bellum "war" + gerere "to wage." ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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