war hawk
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.80 in modern English
20
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A proponent of war or military intrusiveness.
Example Sentences
- "Suddenly, John R. Bolton, the conservative war hawk and favorite villain of the left, is the toast of Senate Democrats, the last, best hope to prove their abuse-of-power case against President Trump."
- "But critics of Washington’s hyper-aggressive foreign policy need to understand that the flight of many of the worst war hawks from the Republican Party does not mean the GOP has returned to its non-interventionist roots."
Etymology
Late 18th c., often attributed to Virginian Congressman John Randolph of Roanoke, but no written evidence exists. Popularized in debates concerning the War of 1812. Sense "eagle" probably a calque of Old English guþhafoc