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Meanings of warrior in English

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare.

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Examples for "soldier"
Examples for "soldier"
1
Red Army soldier Pilyugin said: 'General Frost is happy to help us.
A writer at war: vasily grossman with the red army
2
Gunmen also kidnapped a second soldier from his home, security sources said.
Reuters
3
Every official and soldier she'd seen so far had been similarly... good.
Heir of Fire
4
Other victims included a local bartender, a serving soldier and restaurant workers.
The Guardian
5
Soon they beheld Hephaestus' group of soldier DoMeks approaching with weapons drawn.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
1
The idea of accommodation between the combatant parties was at an end.
Ulster's Stand For Union
2
Hellenic war ethics: non-combatant tillers of the soil to be let alone.
Cyropaedia: The Education of Cyrus
3
Claude Stanley Choules, the last surviving First World War combatant, has died.
Radio NZ
4
The other combatant remained on board but was moved to another seat.
News.com.au
5
His sentiments were supported by former ZIPRA combatant Retired Colonel Baster Magwizi.
The South African
Usage of warrior in English
1
He carried that late orc's great weapon, looking every inch the warrior.
World of warcraft: the shattering: prelude to cataclysm
2
He is a Cold War warrior no longer needed by the West.
The Irish Times
3
Ares was the name given to the warrior-god of the far east.
Book Four: Tales From Ancient Days
4
Ahab was one of the most warlike among the warrior-kings of Israel.
History of Egypt, Chaldæa, Syria, Babylonia, and Assyria, Volume...
5
There was in the morning many a warrior in the gift hall.
Northland Heroes
6
Today you will be the warrior, whether you wish to or not.
The pretender's crown
7
These are the closing words of Deborah, the great warrior-prophetess of Israel.
Expositions of Holy Scripture / Deuteronomy, Joshua, Judges, Rut...
8
That's why the warrior clans needed to keep their young men fighting.
Quest for honour
9
It was true: he had grown a warrior's body from everyday tasks.
Helen of troy
10
In the mean time, the warrior was occupied in constructing a habitation.
Traditions of the North American Indians, Vol. 3
11
It was about a warrior come home from his wandering too late.
Songs of love and death: all-original tales of star-crossed love
12
The young warrior joined in the refrain, and the old Indian listened.
The Log School-House on the Columbia
13
He'd given his metabolism to a young warrior, a sergeant named Drayden.
Brotherhood of the Wolf
14
A cry of exultation immediately announced the success of the young warrior.
The Last of the Mohicans
15
Which antipodean post-apocalyptic road warrior is set to return on Fury Road?
The Irish Times
16
Yet he knew that he was the best warrior for the job.
The Wyrmling Horde
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