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co-belligerent(dictionary)
belligerent(dictionary)

belligerent (oh)



[Date: 1500-1600; Language: Latin; Origin: , present participle of belligerare 'to fight a war', from bellum ( BELLICOSE) + gerere 'to carry on']
very unfriendly and wanting to argue or fight
-synonym aggressive aggressive
::a belligerent attitude
[only before noun] formal a belligerent country is fighting a war against another country
-- belligerence, belligerency n [U]