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warrior

/ˈwɔːɹiə/WAW-ree-ur
/ˈwɔɹiɚ/WAW-ree-ur

Meaningwar

Common meaning: a fighter

Journey through time

  1. Old Frenchwerre‘war’source
  2. Anglo-Frenchwerreiur‘a warrior’source
  3. Englishmeaning shiftswar → a fighterwarrior‘a fighter’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on Old French werre ‘war’.

Roots

  • werre Old French “war”

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