Warrior
['wɒrɪə] or ['wɔrɪɚ]
Definition
(n.) A man engaged or experienced in war, or in the military life; a soldier; a champion.
Edited by Clifford
Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Soldier, captain, military man, man at arms, fighting-man.
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Examples
- As I drew closer to listen to their words a warrior entered the room from the hall beyond. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The head of the topmost warrior towered over forty feet from the ground. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- A great warrior and yet a stumbling little child. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- There stands beside me now a great Thark, a mighty warrior and a noble man. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- I have just discovered that the warrior who loved that woman has learned of your part in the transaction. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The citizen served as warrior in youth, ruler in his maturity, priest in his old age. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- With it and the harness which you may select there will be no more handsomely accoutred warrior in all Zodanga. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- During this period my father gained great distinction as a warrior and had taken the metal from several chieftains. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- My captor, whose name was Tars Tarkas, was virtually the vice-chieftain of the community, and a man of great ability as a statesman and warrior. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- This fierce green warrior had been the first to greet me that day, now twenty years gone, which had witnessed my first advent upon Mars. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The black warrior was furious and frightened, but more frightened than furious. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- Can we deny that a warrior should have a knowledge of arithmetic? Plato. The Republic.
- And another consideration has just occurred to me: You will remember that our young men are to be warrior athletes? Plato. The Republic.
- Both the girl and the green warrior stood silent in thought for some moments. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- Savage warrior, said Rebecca, rather will I perish in the flames than accept safety from thee! Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
- The assembled warriors and chieftains examined me closely, feeling my muscles and the texture of my skin. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- As I opened my eyes she turned to one of the warriors, saying, He will live, O Jed. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Let other nations be merchants and warriors, while Greece reasserts her ancient vocation of teacher. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- Sarkoja told Sola that you had become a true Thark, she said, and that I would now see no more of you than of any of the other warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- In the distance lay our fleet of transports, with the thoats of the green warriors, where they had remained during the battle. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- Never in the history of Barsoom, Tars Tarkas told me, had such a force of green warriors marched to battle together. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The Indian men, when young, are hunters and warriors; when old, counsellors; for all their government is by the council or advice of the sages. Benjamin Franklin. Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin.
- The speaker was a chieftain and he was giving orders to four of his warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. A Princess of Mars.
- The body is brought and the pyre fired, and then for ten days the warriors built a mighty mound to be seen afar by the traveller on sea or land. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Twice had he entered huts at night while the inmates lay sleeping upon their mats, and stolen the arrows from the very sides of the warriors. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- A blank, through which the warriors of poetry and history march on in stately hosts that seem to have no end--and what comes next! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Another word from the great Thark, and with a wild and terrifying battle-cry the green warriors charged. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The figure at the stake was very still, yet the black warriors were but pricking it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
- It came from a torch in the hand of one of a party of four green warriors, who were coming rapidly down the corridor toward me. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
- The Grand Master had hitherto stood astonished at the appearance of so many warriors. Walter Scott. Ivanhoe.
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