warrior
/ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
3
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.
name
A surname.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "[Link:] Gee, it sure is boring around here. [King Harkinian:] My boy, this peace is what all true warriors strive for."
- "It was an old warrior of a hole about sixty feet deep, that had broken the hearts of numerous gangs of well-sinkers, all of whom abandoned it[.]"
Etymology
From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werʀu (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced earlier Old English cempa and many others.
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈwɔɹi.ɚ/
- British English: /ˈwɒɹi.ə/
Subject
Wiktionary places this term in Military.