BELLIGERENT Definition Meaning - Merriam-Webster belligerent, bellicose, pugnacious, quarrelsome, contentious mean having an aggressive or fighting attitude belligerent often implies being actually at war or engaged in hostilities
Belligerent - definition of belligerent by The Free Dictionary Belligerent refers to a tendency to hostile behavior: A belligerent reporter badgered the politician Bellicose describes a warlike or hostile manner or temperament: "Madison, far from being pushed into war by a bellicose Congress, had to drag his own hesitant party into it" (Garry Wills)
belligerent - Wiktionary, the free dictionary Adjective belligerent (comparative more belligerent, superlative most belligerent) Engaged in warfare, warring Eager to go to war, warlike Of or pertaining to war (by extension) Aggressively hostile, eager to fight
What does Belligerent mean? - Definitions. net A belligerent is an individual, group, country or other entity which acts in a hostile manner, such as engaging in combat Belligerent comes from Latin, literally meaning "one who wages war"
belligerent - definition and meaning - Wordnik If a foreign unlawful enemy belligerent is actually tried for war crimes before a military commission, he has never enjoyed constitutional due rights under the 5th and 6th Amendments