Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

war profiteer

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.02 in modern English

Syllables
war prof-i-teer
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.

Example Sentences

Etymology

Compound of war + profiteer.

Inflected Forms

war profiteers (plural)

Phrases

arms dealer merchant of death

Frequently Paired Words

warmonger arms dealer armsmaker merchant of death

Questions

What does war profiteer mean?
A person or group that gains a significant amount of revenue from selling weapons and military equipment.
Where does war profiteer come from?
Compound of war + profiteer.

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