English Explanatory Dictionary

aggressor

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The person or country that first attacks or makes an aggression; that begins hostility or a quarrel; an assailant.
name
  1. a fictional state created by the United States Army for maneuver and military exercise purposes in the 1950's
noun
  1. a citizen/subject of the fictional Aggressor state

Pronunciation

/əˈɡɹɛsə/ /əˈɡɹɛsɚ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-aggressor.wav

Word forms

aggressor aggressors aggressour

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *gʰredʰ-der. Latin gradior Latin aggredior Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -tor Latin aggressorder. English aggressor Derived from Latin aggressor (“attacker, assailant, aggressor”).

Derived words

bioaggressor cyberaggressor microaggressor nonaggressor passive-aggressor
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