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warlover en · NOUN

Etymology

From war + lover.

Meanings

1. (derogatory, informal) A lover or advocate of war; a warmonger.
   • Now I CAN help you on this one, oh yes. Not that i'm a warlover, but techy weapons have a thrill for me. 1999 February 8, Phil Veale (LBD_Wedge), “ideas for a PC game (serious)”, in sci.physics.accelerators (Usenet):
   • In the face of this and other documentation a shopful of A. J. P. Taylors will find it difficult to mend Hitler's reputation as a warlover. 1969, Louis Fischer, Russia's Road from Peace to War, Soviet Foreign Relations, 1917-1941, page 311:
   • He has always been a barbarian and warlover, the enemy of humanitarianism, liberalism and Christian civilisation, and the Hitler régime is no accidental phenomenon but a logical fruit of German history. 1957, Frederick Hertz, The Development of the German Public Mind: The Age of Enlightenment, page 7:
   • The only difference is that, with a warlover, the ambassador admits the CIA is here. 1982, Jerome Doolittle, The Bombing Officer, page 42:
   • Sherman, after all said, "War is hell," and loved being able to provie it; even the most blood-eyed warlover will concede war's ugliness, so long as you don't stop his participation. 1976, Hobart College, Hobart Student Association, William Smith College, William Smith Student Association (contributor), The Seneca Review, volumes 7-9, number 2, page 14:
   • No. I am sure the Democrate ate well in Boston. But I was talking about the GOP warlovers. Can you imagine how many of them ejaculated in sexual ecstasy when 911 occurred? 2004 September 26, Salad, “Avoiding the Draft”, in alt.rush-limbaugh (Usenet):

Forms

Antonyms

pacifist · peacelover