warmonger en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ˈwɔː.mʌŋ.ɡə/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /-ˌmʌŋ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
- /ˈwoɹˌmɑŋ.ɡɚ/ (General-American)
Etymology
From war + monger.
Meanings
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(derogatory) Someone who advocates war to an enthusiastic or ardent degree.
“He’s not the only one doing this,” Rohrabacher answered. “But it seems to me like what we’ve got are warmongers claiming other people are war criminals. This is the wrong kind of tone. That type of rhetoric is leading us to a point where we will be in conflict and the Russians will think that we are out to get them.”
2017 January 13, Andrey Kaczynski, quoting Dana Rohrabacher, “GOP congressman: ‘Warmongers’ in Congress are wrong to call Putin a ‘war criminal’”, in CNN:Wham! Overnight he [Dwight D. Eisenhower] became a warmonger.
1952 September 22, “Since Stevenson Prefers 'Compromise', Foreign Policy Is Squarely in the Campaign”, in LIFE, volume 33, number 12, Time Inc., →ISSN, page 30:“He’s a 70-year-old childless warmonger and he has no stake in the future of this country,” Dans said. “He is the very reason that MAGA started in the first place, and we only have to look at 2016 when he was a vehement Trump hater. A leopard doesn’t change its spots.”
2025 July 28, Steve Contorno, quoting Paul Dans, “Project 2025 architect Paul Dans to challenge Lindsey Graham for Senate in South Carolina”, in CNN:Do you hear revolution's call? / Time to fight our own denial / Warmongers keep us locked in fear / Invoke the past, a moment of tears / An ugly truth put forth by our youth / Under the threat of patriotic brute / So use your rage / It is a weapon we now must engage / Let trumpets sound our call / Or by their lies we will fall
2007, “Clenching the Fists of Dissent”, in Robb Flynn (lyrics), The Blackening, performed by Machine Head, Track 1:
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A mercenary soldier.
With that, out of his bouget forth he drew Great ſtore of treaſure, therewith him to tempt; But he on it lookt ſcornefully askew, As much diſdeigning to be ſo miſdempt, Or a war-monger to be baſely nempt;
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book III, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, page 550:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| war-monger | alternative | lexicographic | |
| warmongers | Number=Plur | lexicographic | |
| war monger | alternative | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Hypernyms
person · soldier · warfighter · person
Relateds
merchant of death · arms dealer · armsmaker · deathmonger · war profiteer · monger
Synonyms
war hawk · bellicist · jingoist · militarist · hawk
Translations (64)
da krigsliderlig (one who advocates war) · ro ațâțător la război (one who advocates war) · cmn 主戰論者 /主战论者 (one who advocates war) · da krigsopvigler (one who advocates war) · fi sodanlietsoja (one who advocates war) · tr savaş kışkırtıcısı (one who advocates war) · cmn 戰爭販子 /战争贩子 (one who advocates war) · ja 戦争好き (one who advocates war) · ja 戦争屋 (one who advocates war) · vi kẻ hiếu chiến (one who advocates war) · nl oorlogsstoker (one who advocates war) · ko 전쟁광 (one who advocates war) · sh ratohuškač (one who advocates war) · hu háborúpárti (one who advocates war) · fr belliciste (one who advocates war) · cmn 好戰分子 /好战分子 (one who advocates war) · sv krigshetsare (one who advocates war) · sv vapenskramlare (one who advocates war) · ja 軍国主義者 (one who advocates war) · pl podżegaczka wojenna (one who advocates war) · tr savaş satıcısı (one who advocates war) · es belicista (one who advocates war) · sv sabelskramlare (one who advocates war) · nb krigshisser (one who advocates war) · it bellicista (one who advocates war) · hu háborús uszító (one who advocates war) · bg военолюбец (one who advocates war) · nl oorlogsstookster (one who advocates war) · th ผู้กระหายสงคราม (one who advocates war) · es militarista (one who advocates war) · ja 鷹派 (one who advocates war) · sv krigsivrare (one who advocates war) · it guerrafondaio (one who advocates war) · ko 전쟁 도발자 (one who advocates war) · tr savaş çığırtkanı (one who advocates war) · ru поджига́тель войны́ (one who advocates war) · hu héja (one who advocates war) · it guerrafondaia (one who advocates war) · ja 強硬派 (one who advocates war) · pt belicista (one who advocates war) · ca militarista (one who advocates war) · nn krigshissar (one who advocates war) · ru милитари́ст (one who advocates war) · hu a háború híve (one who advocates war) · ca bel·licista (one who advocates war) · tr ateş karıştırıcısı (one who advocates war) · fr militariste (one who advocates war) · el πολεμοκάπηλος (one who advocates war) · nl oorlogshitser (one who advocates war) · ar مُحَرِّضَة حَرْب (one who advocates war) · cs válečný štváč (one who advocates war) · cmn 僱傭兵 /雇佣兵 (mercenary soldier) · is stríðsæsingamaður (one who advocates war) · ar مُحَرِّض حَرْب (one who advocates war) · fr va-t-en-guerre (one who advocates war) · pl podżegacz wojenny (one who advocates war) · fr marchand de guerre (one who advocates war) · de Kriegshetzer (one who advocates war) · vi kẻ gây chiến (one who advocates war) · de Kriegstreiber (one who advocates war) · fi palkkasotilas (mercenary soldier) · fr marchande de guerre (one who advocates war) · sv hök (one who advocates war) · ru разжига́тель войны́ (one who advocates war)