# warrior

Pronunciation: US say "WAW-ree-ur" /ˈwɔɹiɚ/; UK say "WO-ree-uh" /ˈwɒɹiə/

## Noun

1. Someone who takes an active part in battle, conflict, or war as a fighter.
   - Simple: A person who fights in battles or wars.
   - _The warrior returned from the long campaign with deep scars._
   - _Mounted warriors swept across the plain at first light._
2. Someone who throws themselves into an activity, such as a sport, with aggression, courage, or great energy.
   - Simple: A person who fights hard and bravely in some activity, like a sport.
   - _The marathon runner proved herself a warrior over the final brutal miles._
   - _Seasoned boardroom warriors thrive on high-stakes negotiations._

## Origin

It comes from Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman werreur and Old French guerroiier ('fighter, combatant'), which trace back through Medieval Latin werra to a Frankish word *werru meaning 'confusion; quarrel', and ultimately to the Proto-Indo-European root *wers- ('to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh'). It displaced the native Old English word cempa and many others.

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