warrior

See also: Warrior

English

Alternative forms

warriour (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English werreour, from Anglo-Norman guerreier, Old French guerroiier (“fighter, combattant”), from Medieval Latin werra, from Frankish *werru (“confusion; quarrel”), from Proto-Indo-European *wers- (“to mix up, confuse, beat, thresh”). Displaced native Old English cempa.

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /ˈwɔɹiɚ/, /ˈwɔɹjɚ/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈwɒɹɪə/
(NYC) IPA^(key): /ˈwɑɹiə(ɹ)/, /ˈwɑɹjə(ɹ)/
Hyphenation: war‧ri‧or
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -ɒɹiə(ɹ)

Noun

warrior (plural warriors)

A person who is actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare; a soldier or combatant.
- 1879, R[ichard] J[efferies], chapter II, in The Amateur Poacher, London: Smith, Elder, & Co., […], OCLC 752825175:
  Orion hit a rabbit once; but though sore wounded it got to the bury, and, struggling in, the arrow caught the side of the hole and was drawn out. […]. Ikey the blacksmith had forged us a spearhead after a sketch from a picture of a Greek warrior; and a rake-handle served as a shaft.
(figuratively) A person who is aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity, such as athletics.

Derived terms

bloody warrior
warriorhood

Related terms

war

Translations

person actively engaged in battle, conflict or warfare

Albanian: luftëtar (sq) m
Apache:
Western Apache: nawołkaadi
Arabic: مُحَارِب‎ m (muḥārib), مُقَاتِل‎ m (muqātil)
Armenian: մարտիկ (hy) (martik), ռազմիկ (hy) (ṙazmik)
Azerbaijani: döyüşçü (az), mübariz (az), əsgər (az)
Belarusian: во́ін m (vóin), бае́ц m (bajéc), вая́к m (vaják)
Bengali: যোদ্ধা (ĵoddha)
Bulgarian: во́ин (bg) m (vóin), бое́ц (bg) m (boéc), войни́к (bg) m (vojník), ра́тник (bg) m (rátnik) (dated)
Burmese: သူရဲ (my) (surai:)
Catalan: guerrer (ca) m, guerrera (ca) f
Chechen: тӏемло (tʼemlo), сурхуо (surxwo)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 戰士／战士 (zh) (zhànshì), 武士 (zh) (wǔshì), 勇士 (zh) (yǒngshì)
Chuvash: çарçӑ (çarçă)
Czech: bojovník (cs) m, válečník (cs) m
Danish: kriger c, stridsmand c
Dutch: krijger (nl) m
Erzya: ушман (ušman)
Estonian: sõdalane (et)
Finnish: taistelija (fi), sotilas (fi), (literary, poetic) soturi (fi)
French: guerrier (fr) m, guerrière (fr) f
Galician: guerreiro m, guerreira f
Georgian: მეომარი (meomari), მებრძოლი (mebrʒoli)
German: Krieger (de) m, Kriegerin (de) f
Middle High German: dëgen m
Gothic: 𐌲𐌰𐌳𐍂𐌰𐌿𐌷𐍄𐍃 m (gadrauhts)
Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís)
Ancient: πολεμιστής m (polemistḗs), μαχητής m (makhētḗs)
Gujarati: લડવૈયો m (laḍvaiyo)
Hebrew: לוֹחֵם‎ (he) m (loḥém), לוֹחֶמֶת‎ f (loḥémet)
Hindi: लड़ाका (hi) m (laṛākā), योद्धा (hi) m (yoddhā), जंगजू (hi) m (jaṅgjū)
Hungarian: harcos (hu)
Indonesian: pendekar (id)
Irish: gaiscíoch m, laoch (ga) m
Italian: guerriero (it) m, guerriera (it) f
Japanese: 戦士 (ja) (せんし, senshi), 武士 (ja) (ぶし, bushi), 武人 (ja) (ぶじん, bujin), 武者 (ja) (むしゃ, musha)
Kazakh: жауынгер (jauynger)
Khmer: យោធ (km) (yoothĕəʼ), ពលយោធា (pŭəl yoothiə), យុទ្ធការី (yutthĕəʼkaarəy), យុទ្ធជន (yutthĕəʼcŭən)
Korean: 싸울아비 (ssaurabi), 무사(武士) (ko) (musa), 전사(戰士) (ko) (jeonsa)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: cengawer (ku) m, şerker (ku) m, şervan (ku) m
Kyrgyz: жоокер (ky) (jooker)
Lao: ນັກຮົບ (nak hop)
Latin: bellātor m, bellātrix (la) f
Latvian: karavīrs m, karotājs m
Lithuanian: karys m, kovotojas m
Maasai: ɔl-mʉ́rráni
Macedonian: воин m (voin)
Malay: pahlawan, pejuang, kesatria
Malayalam: യോദ്ധാവ് (ml) (yōddhāvŭ)
Middle English: werreour, kempe
Mon:သရာဲပၞာန် (mnw)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: байлдагч (mn) (bajldagč)
Nandi: muren
Navajo: naabaahii
Ngazidja Comorian: mvulana class 1/2, sudjaa class 5/6
Norman: dgèrryi m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kriger (no) m, stridsmann m
Nynorsk: krigar m, stridsmann m
Nupe: ekungùnci
Occitan: guerrièr (oc) m
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: воинъ m (voinŭ), оимъ m (oimŭ)
Old East Slavic: воинъ m (voinŭ)
Old English: cempa m
Pali: yodha m
Pashto: جنګي‎ m (ǰangí)
Persian: جنگجو‎ (fa) (jangju), سرباز‎ (fa) (sarbâz)
Piedmontese: guerié m
Polish: wojownik (pl) m, wojowniczka (pl) f, żołnierz (pl) m, żołnierka (pl) f, woj, wój (pl), wiciądz
Portuguese: guerreiro (pt) m, guerreira (pt) f
Rapa Nui: matato'a
Romanian: luptător (ro) m, luptătoare (ro) f
Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát), ра́тник (ru) m (rátnik) (dated)
Sanskrit: योद्धृ (sa) m (yoddhṛ)
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̏тнӣк m
Roman: rȁtnīk (sh) m
Slovak: bojovník m
Slovene: bojevnik m, vojščak (sl) m
Southern Altai: јуучыл (ǰuučïl)
Spanish: guerrero (es) m, guerrera (es) f
Sumerian: 𒃼𒊏𒁺𒌝 (/garradum/), 𒌨𒊕 (/ursaĝ/), 𒄞𒌓 (/gud/)
Swedish: krigare (sv) c, stridsman c
Tagalog: mandirigma
Tajik: ҷанговар (jangovar), аскар (askar), сарбоз (sarboz)
Tatar: сугышчы (tt) (suğışçı)
Thai: นักรบ (th) (nák-róp)
Tibetan: please add this translation if you can
Tocharian B: wetāᵤ
Turkish: savaşçı (tr), asker (tr)
Turkmen: urşujy, söweşiji, esger
Ugaritic: 𐎎𐎅𐎗 (mhr)
Ukrainian: воя́к m (voják), во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ)
Urdu: جنگجو‎ m (jangju)
Uyghur: جەڭچى‎ (ug) (jengchi), ئەسكەر‎ (ug) (esker)
Uzbek: jangchi (uz), askar (uz), sipoh (uz) (dated)
Vietnamese: chiến sĩ (vi) (戰士), chiến binh (vi) (戰兵), võ sĩ (vi) (武士)
Welsh: rhyfelwr (cy) m
Yiddish: שלאַכטמאַן‎ m (shlakhtman)
Yoruba: jagunjagun, ajagun

person aggressively, courageously, or energetically involved in an activity

Finnish: taistelija (fi)
Greek: μαχητής (el) m (machitís)
Latvian: cīnītājs m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: kriger (no) m, stridsmann m
Nynorsk: krigar m, stridsmann m
Polish: bojownik (pl) m, bojowniczka (pl) f
Russian: во́ин (ru) m (vóin), бое́ц (ru) m (bojéc), солда́т (ru) m (soldát)
Scottish Gaelic: gaisgeach m, laoch m
Slovene: borec (sl) m
Swedish: krigare (sv) c
Ukrainian: во́їн m (vójin), боє́ць (uk) m (bojécʹ), воя́к m (voják)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Albanian: ^{(please verify)} ushtri (sq)
Dutch: ^{(please verify)} strijder (nl) m, ^{(please verify)} strijdster (nl) f
Estonian: ^{(please verify)} sõdur (et)
French: ^{(please verify)} guerrier (fr) m
Italian: ^{(please verify)} guerriero (it) m
Turkish: ^{(please verify)} savaşçı (tr)

References

Douglas Harper (2001–2023), “warrior”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
warrior at OneLook Dictionary Search