warrior

See also: Warrior

English

Alternative forms

• warriour (obsolete)

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.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹ.i.ɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹ.i.ə/
• (New York City, Philadelphia) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɹ.i.ə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/

• Audio (US):

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• Hyphenation: war‧ri‧or
• Rhymes: -ɒɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

1. 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.

2. (figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Derived terms

• bloody warrior
• bloody-warrior
• class warrior
• cold warrior
• corridor warrior
• culture warrior
• eco-warrior
• edit warrior
• edit warrior
• Indian warrior
• keyboard warrior
• people's warrior
• road warrior
• social-justice warrior
• social justice warrior
• status quo warrior
• urban warrior
• warrior ant
• warrioress
• warriorhood
• warrior wasp
• weekend warrior
• wolf warrior
• workout warrior

 

Related terms

• war

Translations

person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare

• Albanian: luftëtar (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)
• Basque: gudari
• Belarusian: во́ін m (vóin), бае́ц m (bajéc), вая́к m (vaják)
• Bengali: যোদ্ধা (bn) (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: sõdur (et), 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: bellātor 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
• Manx: fer caggee m
• 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)
• Pawnee: raawiiraahisuʼ
• Persian: جنگجو (fa) (jangju), سرباز (fa) (sarbâz), ارتشتار (fa) (arteštâr)
• 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: luptător (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 (sk) 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 (sv) 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

• Chinese:

  Hokkien: 勇者 (zh-min-nan) (ióng-chiá)

  Mandarin: 勇者 (zh) (yǒngzhě)

• 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 Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

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

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “warrior”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
• “warrior”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.